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2 ocean technology companies are competing in a multimillion-dollar race to find the wreck of Amelia Earhart. Someone says he might be close to the finish line.

Amelia Earhart stands in front of her biplane named ‘Friendship’ in Newfoundland on June 14, 1928.Getty Images Last month, Deep Sea Vision said its latest sonar scans could show Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Nauticos, a rival ocean technology company, argues that DSV’s scans probably do not show the mysterious debris. Both companies have invested millions… Read More »

Has the mystery of Amelia Earhart been solved? Underwater drone captures grainy image of ‘aircraft’

A state-of-the-art underwater drone may have solved one of the most enduring mysteries of the last 100 years: What happened to record-breaking aviator Amelia Earhart when her plane disappeared during a world tour in 1937? Numerous expeditions yielded no results, only confirming that no trace of his twin-tailed monoplane remained on the ocean floor. But… Read More »

A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and doubt about Earhart’s final flight

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reignited interest in one of the most compelling mysteries of the past century: What happened? Amelia Earhart When his plane disappeared during a world tour in 1937? Numerous expeditions yielded no results, only confirming that no trace of his twin-tailed monoplane… Read More »

A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and doubt about Earhart’s final flight

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reignited interest in one of the last century’s most compelling mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart, whose plane disappeared during a world tour in 1937? Numerous expeditions yielded no results, only confirming that no trace of his twin-tailed monoplane remained on… Read More »

Amelia Earhart’s plane ‘found’ deep in the Pacific after $11 million search

Earhart’s plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world in 1937 – Bettmann An ocean explorer claims to have solved aviation’s biggest mystery by finding the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane. The American aviator’s plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 during… Read More »