Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.<br />Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.<br />Exploration Team Thinks They’ve Found , Amelia Earhart’s Plane.<br />On. Jan. 27, ocean exploration <br />company Deep Sea Vision announced <br />that it has captured sonar images <br />resembling Earhart's plane in the <br />Pacific Ocean, NPR reports. .<br />On. Jan. 27, ocean exploration <br />company Deep Sea Vision announced <br />that it has captured sonar images <br />resembling Earhart's plane in the <br />Pacific Ocean, NPR reports. .<br />With the help of a 16-person crew and <br />an unmanned underwater drone, .<br />over 5,200 square miles of seabed were surveyed between September and December. .<br />The plane-shaped object was detected <br />nearly 100 miles off Howland Island <br />between Australia and Hawaii.<br />Earhart was supposed to refuel on <br />Howland Island but never arrived.<br />The sonar images look very much like <br />Earhart's plane, which was a Lockheed Electra.<br />All that combined, you'd be <br />hard-pressed to convince me that this is <br />not an airplane and not Amelia's plane. , Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement.<br />Deep Sea Vision plans to further <br />investigate the area later this year. .<br />Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while on their journey <br />to fly around the world in 1937.<br />Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while on their journey <br />to fly around the world in 1937.<br />Their disappearance has long been <br />a mystery since neither the plane nor <br />their bodies were ever recovered.<br />Many theories have surfaced pertaining to what happened that fateful day, but this discovery may shed light on what actually happened, NPR reports. .<br />I like everything that everybody's <br />contributed to the story, I think it's great. <br />It's added to the legacy of Amelia Earhart. , Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement.<br />But in the end, I think what's important <br />is that she was a really good pilot, Deep Sea Vision founder Tony Romeo, via statement
