On Wednesday, the researchers announced a new exploratory flight to find the Amelia Erhart plane, based on evidence indicating that the famous pilot may have led to a removal on a remote island in the South Pacific.
The satellite image may appear to appear the remains of the Erhart, which overlooks the sand on the small, in the small, unnecessary and combating lake in Nikomaro, Kiribati, about 1,000 miles from Fiji, according to Richard Petrigro, the executive director of the non -quiet archaeological institute in Oregon.
In one of the most interesting puzzles in the world, Irehart and Malah Farid Nonan disappeared while flying all over the world 88 years ago on July 2, 1937.
Taraia object along with a fuselage and a tail. (Archaeological Heritage Institute 2025)
Now, Bordeaux University – which was Erhart is employing and helped finance her historical journey – She said that she would send a team to Nikomauru in November in the hope of digging the Lockheed Electra 10E plane and restoring the rest of it.
“We believe that we owe Amelia and her heritage in Bordeaux to fulfill her desires, if possible, to return Electra to Bordeaux,” said Steve Schultz, General Adviser to Bordeaux.
Petrigro, who took the evidence to Bordeaux, said that the image of the satellite was taken in 2015, that is, a year after the change of an intense tropical hurricane, and may reveal the plane.
He said that the size and formation of the object match the Erhart plane. Petrigo, who traveled to Nikomauru, said the site is also close to the planned flight path in Irehart, with accuracy as it seems that four of its radio calls for help are arising.
“It satisfies all the criteria,” he said. “Everything fits.”
The archaeologist, who tried to solve the disappearance of Irehart for years, said other evidence, including the discovery of American -made tools and a bottle of medicine, indicates that Irehart may have been in Nikomaru.
In 2017, four criminal dogs and a team of archaeologists with the International Group for Historical Aircraft Restore (Tighar) Ventured by NikomaruWhere the fangs indicated that they discovered the smell of human remains, according to National Geographic.
Amelia Earhart with Pratt & Whitney R-1330-S3H1 Engine and Hamilton Standard Propeller. (Bordeaux University libraries)
However, there was no clear evidence of its presence there. He said that in the photos taken since 2015, they are hidden under the sand again.
“What we lack now is what you call, and what I call the evidence of the smoking pistol,” he said.
Tighar Ric Gillespie CEO of Tighar Ric Gillespie doubts that they will find this guide.
The Gillespie team in the Earhart project conducted ten campaigns over 35 years and regained other physical evidence that they believe shows that Nikomaru is the place where Iharert and died fell. But he believes that the object in the image of the satellite is a coconut palm tree with a root ball, washed in a storm.
“We looked there in that spot, and there is nothing there,” he said.
“The plane will not be hidden in the sand but was buried in coral.
He said: “I understand the desire to find a piece of Amelia Erhart plane. God knows that we have tried.” “But the data, the facts, do not support the hypothesis. It is simple like that.”
Erhart was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Irehart on her side, Lockheed Vega 5b, from her Atlantic individual journey. (Bordeaux University libraries)
Trailblazer worked in Bordeaux, where she worked as a professional consultant for women and advisor in the Department of Aviation Engineering, from 1935 to her disappearance in 1937, according to the university’s website.
Schultz, General Adviser to Bordeaux, said that the Eirhart plan after flying was to return the plane to the school to study it by future flight engineers and flight students.
Schultz said that the Bordeaux Research Foundation gave the first stage of the campaign on a credit line of $ 500,000.
He said it would take six days so that a team of explorers could reach Nicomauru on a boat in November. They will then have another five days on the island to find the object in the sand and define it as the lost plane.
“If we hope to solve the mystery and confirm that it is, then there will be other efforts to return it, and we hope that you are to a permanent house,” said Schultz.
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