Amelia Earhart’s plane “found”

The wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane has been found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, around 5,000 metres beneath the surface, researchers believe

Lockheed Model 10-E Electra
RECORD ATTEMPT
Amelia Earhart was U.S. aviation pioneer, who was attempting first circumnavigation of globe 

Start
May 20, 1937 Departs Oakland, California
Jun 1 Miami
Jun 10 Dakar, Senegal
Jun 17 Karachi, Pakistan
Jun 29 Darwin, Australia
Hawaii, U.S.
Map detail

Lae, Papua New Guinea
Planned route 
Pacific  Ocean 
Solomon Islands
1,000km 600 miles
Howland Island, U.S.

Jul 2: Earhart and Fred Noonan (her navigator) disappear after departing Papua New Guinea 
Wreckage found around 160km from Howland Island

Sonar imaging (right) captured by
HUGIN 6000 autonomous underwater drone appears to show plane matching size of Earhart’s twin engine Electra, exploration company Deep Sea Vision claims

Hugin Superior
Length: 6.6m
Operating depth: 6,000m
Endurance: 52 hours  at 4 knots (7.5km/h) 

Pictures: Creative Commons, Deep Sea Vision
Sources: Reuters, Deep Sea Vision, Kongsberg
© GRAPHIC NEWS