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The possible discovery of Amelia Earhart’s airplane
ONE of the biggest unsolved mysteries in modern history is what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan.
In 1928 Amelia became the first woman – and only the second person ever – to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Nine years later, Amelia and Fred embarked on a flight that would take them around the world.
Fred’s job was to determine their location and the correct course so they would reach their destinations.
They left Miami on 1 June 1937, but on 2 July of that year their plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
The American and Japanese military sent planes to search for them, but found nothing.
One theory is that Fred miscalculated their
