Amelia Earhart: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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In a potentially significant discovery in 2024, Deep Sea Vision, a Charleston, South Carolina, company that operates [[unmanned underwater vehicle]]s, found via sonar what it said are the remains of an airplane on the ocean floor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Stephen |date=2024-01-29 |title=Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amelia-earhart-plane-possibly-detected-sonar-underwater-deep-sea-vision/ |work=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Juliana |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1227574179/amelia-earharts-lost-plane-howland-island |access-date=January 29, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Using advanced underwater exploration technologies, including [[Synthetic-aperture sonar|Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS)]], they detected an object resembling an Electra airplane approximately {{cvt|16000|ft|km}} beneath the ocean's surface, within {{convert|100|mi|km|abbr=on}} of Howland Island.<ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Deep Sea Vision)) | year=2024 | title=Deep Sea Vision - Services | url= https://www.deepseavision.com/service-details | access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> The object's location, size, proportions, and defined edges on an otherwise sandy bottom indicate that it may be Earhart's missing plane. However, further exploration is needed for confirmation.<ref name="DSV Interview">{{Citation | year=2024 | title=Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Presents A Deep Dive with Deep Sea Vision | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A4yB3ZwWsg | access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref>

At a July 20, 2024 presentation at the [[Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum]], the founders of Deep Sea Vision said they planplanned to send a follow-up mission, provisionally scheduled for late 2024 or early 2025, which will include deploying an optical camera to obtain visual confirmation of the find.<ref name="DSV Interview" /> While the exact target area remains undisclosed, the company is producing a documentary tentatively entitled "Why Not Us" to chronicle the expedition.<ref name="DSV Interview" /> If the discovery is confirmed to be Earhart's aircraft, Deep Sea Vision advocates raising and preserving it on the surface, although this would involve complex logistical and preservation challenges.<ref name="DSV Interview" />

== Speculation on disappearance ==