Pieces of a cosmetic jar found on a remote Pacific island have rekindled speculation over what happened to Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan during their ill-fated circumnavigational flight attempt in 1937.
Artifact Rekindles Amelia Earhart Speculation
Key Takeaways:
- Pieces of a cosmetic jar, possibly for freckle ointment, found on Nikumaroro island, have rekindled speculation that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan may have crash-landed there.
- This new evidence supports the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery's (TIGHAR) theory that Earhart and Noonan were castaways on Nikumaroro, an alternative to the long-held belief of them running out of fuel near Howland Island.
- TIGHAR plans a new high-tech underwater search expedition in July, the 75th anniversary of Earhart's disappearance, using sonar and remote operated vehicles to locate the aircraft.
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