Ocean Exploration Company Thinks It Found Earhart's Airplane

Deep Sea Vision has a fuzzy underwater image it thinks is Amelia Earhart’s Electra, but it plans to go back and look to be sure.

Meg Godlewski

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 05:31 PM ET

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Ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision has a fuzzy underwater image it thinks is Amelia Earhart’s Electra, but it plans to go back and look to be sure. [Courtesy: Deep Sea Vision]

Key Takeaways:

An ocean exploration company, Deep Sea Vision (DSV), claims to have found a sonar image in the Pacific Ocean that "appears to be" Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E, which disappeared 86 years ago.
The DSV team, led by Tony Romeo, used an underwater drone to survey over 5,200 square miles near Howland Island, capturing an "intriguing" but fuzzy image resembling an aircraft.
While the potential discovery has generated cautious optimism, experts and skeptics emphasize the need for further investigation and more definitive proof, such as the aircraft's registration number, to confirm the finding.

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An ocean exploration company thinks it may have found Amelia Earhart’s airplane. The Lockheed Electra 10-E went missing 86 years ago when Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared during an attempt at an around-the-world flight.

On January 26, Deep Sea Vision (DSV), based in South Carolina, announced that it had captured a sonar image in the Pacific Ocean that “appears to be Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra.”