OAN’s Avril Elfie
3:48 PM – Monday, January 29, 2024
Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane may have been found, a deep-sea exploration team claims.
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Deep Sea Vision, an exploration group based in Charleston, South Carolina, claimed sonar images taken this week in the Pacific Ocean “look like Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra.”
The group went on to say it has scanned more than 5,200 square miles of the ocean floor since September. The company shared a sonar image on social media that appears to show an airplane-like object resting on the ocean floor.
A video of the search conducted by a team of 16 people was also released. During the search, they reportedly used advanced underwater drones to more accurately scan the ocean floor.
Tony Romeo, a pilot and former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer, told reporters that he was responsible for funding the $11 million search, which was made possible by selling commercial real estate.
“This is probably the most exciting thing in my life,” he told the Journal. “I feel like a 10-year-old going on a treasure hunt.”
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan went missing on July 2 while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.n.d., 1937, over the Pacific. Their disappearance left no trace, prompting the most expensive search and rescue operation in U.S. history by the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy. Earhart and Noonan were missing for two years before being pronounced dead.
Romeo told the newspaper that the plane-shaped object was located at a depth of about 16,000 feet in the Pacific Ocean, less than 100 miles from Howland Island, where Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were scheduled to refuel. He said the images were taken by the team’s underwater submarine Hujin. before it goes missing.
Romeo also said the team discovered the sonar images about three months into the trip, but by then “it was too late to turn back.” As a result, they plan to go again for a thorough examination.
Sonar experts told the outlet that closer examination of details matching Earhart’s Lockheed plane would provide conclusive evidence.
Additionally, Romeo said his aviation expertise brought a new perspective to the investigation.
“We always felt that it was a group of pilots, not sailors, who would solve this problem,” Romeo told the outlet.
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