"Unconventional Team's Sonar Breakthrough: Amelia Earhart's Long-Lost Plane Found?"
TL;DR
A potential breakthrough in the 87-year-old mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart’s disappearance emerged as sonar images of a plane-shaped mass, believed to be her Lockheed 10-E Electra, were released by adventurers Tony and Lloyd Romeo. The images, nearly lost due to hard drive issues during their $11 million Pacific Ocean expedition, may confirm a 14-year-old "Date Line" theory about Earhart's ill-fated flight. The theory suggests that navigator Fred Noonan's miscalculation sent them off course, leading to their disappearance in 1937. A follow-up expedition is planned to retrieve better sonar images and confirm the findings, potentially resolving the decades-long mystery.
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- Possible sonar breakthrough in Amelia Earhart mystery was nearly lost as adventurers investigated 'date line' theory: report New York Post
- Sonar image shows anomaly that could be Amelia Earhart’s plane CNN
- Amelia Earhart's Aircraft Believed to be Found by Unconventional Team of Experts PR Newswire
- Has Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane been found? The Press-Enterprise
- Has the fate of Amelia Earhart finally been solved? HeritageDaily
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