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]

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Ocean exploration company Deep Sea Vision (DSV) announced it captured a sonar image in the Pacific Ocean that "appears to be Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 10-E Electra," lost 86 years ago.
The discovery was made during a 2023 expedition led by Tony Romeo, which surveyed over 5,200 square miles of ocean floor near Howland Island using an underwater drone.
While DSV is cautiously optimistic, experts and skeptics are calling for more definitive proof, such as the aircraft's registration number, though they acknowledge the image is intriguing and warrants further investigation.

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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.”