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Two ocean technology companies compete in a multimillion-dollar race to find Amelia Earhart’s wreck. One says it may be close to the finish line.

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Amelia Earhart stands in front of her biplane named ‘Friendship’ in Newfoundland on June 14, 1928.Getty Images Deep Sea Vision said last month that recent sonar scans could reveal Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Nauticos, a rival ocean technology company, claims DSV’s scans are unlikely to show the mysterious wreck. Both companies have invested millions in … Read more

Is the Amelia Earhart mystery solved? Underwater drone captures grainy image of ‘plane’

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A state-of-the-art underwater drone may have solved one of the most enduring mysteries of the past 100 years: What happened to record-breaking aviator Amelia Earhart when her plane disappeared during her flight around the world in 1937? Numerous expeditions have yielded nothing, only confirming that parts of the ocean floor showed no trace of her … Read more

A grainy sonar image fuels excitement and skepticism about Earhart’s final flight

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has revived interest in one of the most tantalizing mysteries of the past century: what happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane disappeared during her 1937 flight around the world ? Numerous expeditions have yielded nothing, only confirming that parts of the … Read more

A grainy sonar image fuels excitement and skepticism about Earhart’s final flight

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has revived interest in one of the most tantalizing mysteries of the past century: what happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane disappeared during her flight around the world in 1937? Numerous expeditions have yielded nothing, only confirming that parts of the … Read more