Search for Amelia Earhart's plane finds no wreckage
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 09:07 · Archive
A search for aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's crashed aircraft on a Pacific island found no wreckage.
A search expedition to Nikumaroro Island in Kiribati has ended without finding wreckage from Amelia Earhart's plane. The team investigated the so-called Taraia Object, an anomaly spotted in lagoon aerial imagery in 2020. Searchers determined it was likely a collection of large trees, not aircraft remains. Most debris at the site had fragmented and washed away by the time the expedition arrived.
Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed Electra vanished without trace over the Pacific in 1937 during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe with navigator Fred Noonan. The aviation pioneer was 39 years old at the time. Many theories surround the mystery, although historians generally believe she crashed into the sea and died.
Rick Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute and team leader, said the expedition accomplished its goal of determining what the Taraia Object was. Expedition member Steve Schultz added that the search produced new discoveries and added to knowledge of Nikumaroro, despite the Taraia Object proving not to be aircraft wreckage.
How it is being reported
- Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage search comes up emptyThe latest search for the aviation pioneer's plane focused on an object captured in aerial imagery of a Pacific lagoon in 2020.Perth Now · 19 Oct, 08:38
- Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage search comes up emptyThe latest search for the aviation pioneer's plane focused on an object captured in aerial imagery of a Pacific lagoon in 2020.The West Australian · 19 Oct, 08:38
In this story: Amelia Earhart · Fred Noonan · Nikumaroro Island · Kiribati · Pacific · Purdue University · Archaeological Legacy Institute
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