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Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island

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The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.

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Section: World
By: Aleks Phillips
Published: Oct 10, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

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A US expedition is targeting a mysterious underwater object to find out if it is the crashed plane of long-missing pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart.

https://aapnews.aap.com.au/AustraliaHopes underwater object could be lost aviator's plane

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Amelia Earhart

American aviation pioneer (1897–disappeared 1937)

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviator and aviation pioneer who became one of the most celebrated figures of early flight.

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Amelia Earhart expedition heads to Pacific atoll hoping to find her planeReutersUnited Kingdom11 hr. ago
Hopes underwater object could be lost aviator's planehttps://aapnews.aap.com.au/Australia31 hr. ago

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