An American explorer believes he’s solved the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
One of the most famous pioneers in aviation history, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific on a marathon flight around the world in 1937.
The pair had hoped to land at Howland Island, a tiny target in the vast Pacific Ocean, while en route from Australia to California. They were never heard from again.
Tony Romeo, a former US Air Force intelligence officer and CEO of Deep Sea Vision, posted to Instagram this week indicating that he believes he’s found Earhart’s twin engine Lockheed 10-E Electra lying on the ocean floor approximately 100 miles from Howland Island.
His post include ghostly sonar images of a plane-shaped object that are generating great excitement.
Earhart famously took off from an air strip in Harbour Grace in May of 1932 becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, landing 14 hours and 56 minutes later in a field near Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
(Images via Deep Sea Vision)
