One of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century: Amelia Earhart’s plane was found after 87 years (photo)

The American company Deep Sea Vision, which conducts ocean research, said that its employees discovered the wreckage of the plane belonging to American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. She disappeared in 1937 while trying to become the first female pilot to fly around the world. Futurism writes that if the company’s data is confirmed, one of the main mysteries of the 20th century will be solved.

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According to Deep Sea Vision, the 16-member team surveyed the Pacific Ocean from September to December last year. An underwater drone equipped with state-of-the-art sonar captured photos of Amelia Earhart’s crashed plane.

Sonar images were obtained a month after the expedition began, but participants did not realize they had discovered the famous aviator’s plane until the last day of their research project.

The object is said to resemble the Lockheed Electra plane that Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan flew around the world. This object was discovered at a depth of approximately 5.5 km, approximately 160 km from Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean. This was where Earhart was supposed to land to refuel, but she got lost in the area.

Former US Air Force pilot Tony Romeo, founder of Deep Sea Vision, believes his team has found the famous pilot’s plane, which has been sought for 87 years. Romeo says that based on the findings, it would be difficult to convince him that what was found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean was not a plane and that it was not Earhart’s plane.

According to the company Deep Sea Vision, its employees will conduct a more thorough search of the area where photographs of an object similar to Earhart’s plane were taken later this year.

Amelia Earhart broke many records during her lifetime, including becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. But in 1937, Earhart and Noonan mysteriously disappeared while trying to become the first women to fly around the world. So far, no one has found either the wreckage of the plane or the bodies of the Lockheed Electra crew. This mystery has given rise to numerous theories about what really happened to Amelia Earhart.

If the missing plane was indeed found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, it would confirm the theory that the plane ran out of fuel and the crew could not reach the refueling point. As a result, the plane fell into the water and sank.

Other theories say:

• Earhart and Noonan landed on one of the islands in the Pacific Ocean and starved to death;
• Crew, II. He landed on one of the islands where Japanese troops were already located, which had begun to expand its presence in the Pacific region before the outbreak of World War II. As a result, Earhart and Noonan were captured. Although Japan did not go to war with the USA until December 7, 1941;
• After landing on one of the islands, Earhart and Noonan became captives of the local Indians, who ate them.

Experts are more skeptical, according to Tony Romeo, because it is believed that this part of the Pacific Ocean has been well tested in the past. On the other hand, experts say that without direct evidence, it is impossible to conclude whether the plane was actually found or whether it belonged to Earhart. This can be a very difficult task considering the depth at which the object is located.

Still, Romeo is quite optimistic. According to him, he feels like a child out looking for treasure and will continue the search he started.

As I already wrote FocusScientists obtained new data from the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s possible plane.

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