Mystery solved? Explorer thinks he found Amelia Earhart’s lost plane



The disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 is one of the world’s enduring mysteries. Now, a pilot and explorer says he believes he’s found the plane halfway between Hawaii and Australia. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.

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46 comments

  1. I hope they find her during my lifetime.

  2. It would bring closure to the world,

  3. Swept wings when her plane didnt have swept wings. Well done 😂

  4. my 3rd grade self is screaming !!! I did my first research project about Amelia Earhart I hope that they actually find her so she can be at peace

  5. MH370 is Aviations greatest mystery! Finding Earharts plane only benefits himself, but Finding MH370 would benefit & bring closure to 239 grieving & devastated families!

  6. Can this group solve the mystery of the missing flight Malaysia 370.

  7. If not her plane Then who’s?

  8. Please don't get anyone killed getting a closer look at it. 😬

  9. I can't wait for this to be wrong. It's going to be hilarious😂😂😂

  10. If only we had a composite hulled submersible……

  11. It's been known for 9 yrs, but thanks for reviving her story.

    On the archipelago of Kiriba or lime Island, they found aluminium and the heel caps of a woman's shoe.

    As reported in the WSJ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8SMP8_3a4o

  12. Wait… someone’s gonna get in one of these things again?!?!? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  13. Just don't send a carbon fiber stub down to photograph it.

  14. Oh yeah now it makes sense the TV series LOST based on this 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

  15. It's a better story then her in Russia or whatever it was.

  16. Can they find the MH370 too?

  17. Hey, lets' build a submarine out of parts from Home Depot and wire it up with a Playstation game controller to go take a look at the site.

  18. Cool looking forward to seeing more about this.

  19. Pointless waste of money 🙄

  20. If it's deeper than the Titanic it's gonna need a crew with some massive funding.

  21. Yeah, or it looks like Big Foot… or a boat anchor…

  22. “If something inspires you, go do it.” Beautifully put!

  23. Someday her plane will be found with sophisticated technology that improves every year. I hope they found it this time but if not this time there will be a day of Celebration because they will find it eventually.

  24. I highly doubt it's her plane, firstly it is likely a plane for sure there's almost no denying it, but Amelia's plane? I am doubtful. The swept back very far forward wings resemble that more of an F-86 Sabre or MIG-15 which isn't out of the question, as opposed to the Lockheed 10-E Electra she was flying with swept-forward wings, dual wing mounted engines and the iconic tail design which appears to be absent in the images.

  25. Dude talking about it being an airplane as you can clearly see in the picture, like sir that’s fuzzier than the spicy cable channels I didn’t watch.

  26. This is the kind of news that NBC needs to report on. They need to stay out of political news because they are way too biased to the Democrat Party !!!!!!!!

  27. And just how many aircraft from WW2 flew over the Pacific in the 1940's??? The only way to find out for sure is to get an ROV in the water and descend on the wreckage with cameras. He could have found MH 370 for all we know. Though I already know where MH-370 really is.

  28. If this is her plane, it shows how technology can truly help us find things that were thought gone.
    I think of MH370.

  29. Looks more like an F86 than an Electra.

  30. It be crazy if they finally solve her mystery. And her story would be almost complete.
    May god rest her soul. She isn’t forgotten. And never shall be. 🙏🏻✝️🕊️

  31. I got a tin can run by a Playstation controller they can use.

  32. so women can't drive OR fly?

  33. That far down there wouldn’t be any bodies left and I highly doubt anyway to verify it’s the exact plane.

  34. Find out. Then bring her home. 🙂👍

  35. There was NEVER any mystery. EVERYONE knew her plane went down. Just didn't know where. Small plane is a little harder to find than Titanic you know? The only thing finding it could show CAUSE OF PLANE going down. No other "mystery".

  36. no one cares anymore. she is old. the story is boring now to us generation Z.

  37. That would be a miracle if it was her aircraft. I find it unlikely that a plane crashed into the water and sank deeper than the Titanic, maintained its original shape.

  38. I think that looks pretty promising! Let’s get OceanGate over there and… oh…

    Nevermind

  39. There was a plane that crashed into a river in Pittsburgh, its never been found

  40. I found Jesus on a taco shell once. Send money and I'll find the plane.

  41. Whose ready for titan round 2

  42. I thought she's in some random planet in the Delta quadrant?

  43. The wings look swept back, like an early model MiG. Probably a distortion of the SONAR signal. Lots of WWII Japanese and allied aircraft on the seabed in the western Pacific too.