Amelia Earhart’s Long-lost Plane Likely Located, Research Team Claims Written 3 October 2025
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Amelia Earhart standing in front of the Lockheed Electra in which she disappeared in July 1937. | Credit: Smithsonian Institution; Wikipedia; Public Domain
CBS News reports, “Researchers from Purdue University are set to travel to the South Pacific to determine if a ‘visual anomaly’ on a remote island is the wreck of Amelia Earhart’s lost plane, saying there is ‘very strong’ evidence the object is the iconic aviator’s aircraft. Earhart was attempting to become the first female pilot to circle the world when she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. Earhart, Noonan and their plane, an Electra 10E, were never found.”
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