One of the biggest world mysteries yet to be solved is “what happened to Amelia Earhart?” She was bigger than life itself in the 1930’s thanks to the many aviation records she set as a female pilot, something that was not common in those days. Sadly, her plane went down somewhere over the south pacific ocean in 1937 in an attempt to fly around the world. Her last known transmission was received at Howland Island at 8:43am. She and and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were never heard from again which sparked countless searches and conspiracy theories ever since.
This week, Tony Romeo of Deep Sea Vision, claims they may have found plane wreckage linked to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. With the use of a deep sea drone, he and his team were able to use sonar to detect a plane like image about 160 kilometers from Howland Island, located between Hawaii and Australia. The image certainly looks like a plane and Romeo believes it matches the Lockheed 10-E Electra she was flying.
If it is in fact the plane, it will put to rest 87 years of asking “where did her plane go,” however much work is still required before any confirmation can happen. Deep Sea Vision is hoping to launch a mission in late 2024 or early 2025 to see if they can reach wreckage. There will be several challenges including getting to the bottom of the ocean safely. The plane rests under 5,000 metres of water, which means any journey below will require a special submersible to withstand the crushing pressure of the ocean.
We’ll never know 100 per cent what happened or where the bodies of Earhart and Noonan are, but hopefully after 87 years of wondering we’ll at least know where the plane ended up. Best of luck to Tony Romeo and Deep Sea Vision in their quest.