AFTER 70 YEARS, EARHART MYSTERY RETAINS ITS ALLURE
July 2, 1937, was the last time anyone heard from
Amelia Earhart, and 70 years later the mystery of
her disappearance still fascinates people. The
official search for the aviator and her navigator,
Fred Noonan, ended just a few weeks after they
vanished over the Pacific Ocean while en route to
tiny Howland Island on a trip around the world. But
searchers have never given up in their quest to
determine the facts of what happened after her last
radio call. In July, 2007, The International Group
for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) will mount
an
expedition to a tiny Pacific island where they
believe Earhart and Noonan might have been stranded.
The TIGHAR team will fly to Fiji and then embark on
a five-day journey by sea to the island of
Nikumaroro. There they will excavate a site where
they say they have found evidence in the past of a
castaways' camp site.
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