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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

Is it a plane or a tree? Amelia Earhart expedition aims to solve mystery of disappearance

Amelia Earhart stands on her aeroplane's wing beside the engine propeller
Amelia Earhart on the wing of her Electra before she and her navigator vanished during their attempt to circumnavigate the globe at the equator. Photograph: Albert Bresnik/AP

A team of US researchers is approaching a remote Pacific atoll where they suspect the famed aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed in 1937, in the latest attempt to crack one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century.

The 17-person expedition was inspired by satellite images taken over several years showing a submerged object in the uninhabited island’s sandy lagoon – evidence dismissed by other longtime Earhart sleuths who say it is probably a fallen tree.

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