The pilot, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared over the Pacific in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe by air.
Although the bones had been analyzed in 1940 by physician D. W. Hoodless — who concluded that the remains belonged to a man — Jantz recently reexamined the seven bone measurements using modern techniques and found a different result.
The celebrated aviator and women’s rights symbol took off with navigator Fred Noonan in her Lockheed Electra at an airfield in Papua New Guinea on July 2, 1937. They flew east toward Howland Island, a tiny sliver of land in the central Pacific Ocean as they holed to complete a marathon 29,000-mile flight, when they suddenly vanished. The mystery has gone unsolved for 80 years.
The bones were retested using modern DNA, sizing and other ways to find out who it was. The result? Amelia Earhart.
What do you think of this? After many theories, the legendary pilot’s mystery has been discovered.
The most famous woman in aviation history. Glad the mystery may have finally been solved. Get such a sad feeling thinking about how her last days where but the impact that she left on women’s rights and aviation is still clear today and for that I am happy. Rest easy to this legend.
I guess the conspiracies that she was taken prisoner by the Japanese are quite unlikely now. Something I never found out was if they found her aircraft. Anyone that would perhaps know that?
Those weren’t ever confirmed. This was the first time that it was confirmed.
All of the others were false, and lead off of false leads.
This time they retested some of the bones that a previous scientist concluded negative. These bones were found just 3 years after the crash, and with our modern technology we have been able to get a more appropriate answer.
MaxSez: Glad I’ve liveed long enough to finally get the solution to this aviation history mystery. The next unanswered questions is did Earhart & Noonan get captured by the Japanese and beheaded for trespass on one of there secretly militarized mid Pacific Island possessions. Only time will tell. Great report @Etrain you made my day…
@markstursy… Positive findings; Revisionest History and wishful thinking I believe my friend.
I’ve been following this story for more than 60 years. DNA Caps it for me… There’s more to this story unreleased, like a mysteries truth positive will tell the tail in time…
Finally!
I used to have an aching feeling in my chest when I learned about how Amelia Earhart disappeared.
I wonder how the previous scientist came to the false conclusion?
