The quest to solve the mysterious fate of Amelia Earhart
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[0:00] On July 3rd, after taking off from New
[0:02] Guinea, headed for Howland Island. She
[0:04] and Nulan disappeared. The last radio
[0:06] report from the flying laboratory had
[0:08] announced that they were out of gas and
[0:09] were going to have to ditch. Tiny
[0:12] Howland Island had been missed.
[0:14] >> What really happened to Amelia Heheart?
[0:17] People have been asking that question
[0:18] for nearly 90 years. I've been speaking
[0:21] with the lead researchers on this,
[0:23] Richard Pedigrew from the Archaeological
[0:25] Legacy Institute and Steve Schultz from
[0:27] Purdue University. Much like Hehheart,
[0:30] their mission has captured global
[0:33] attention.
[0:34] >> Here's why. This satellite image known
[0:37] as the Teria object. The research team
[0:40] believes if they find parts of
[0:42] Hehheart's missing Lockheed Electra
[0:44] plane, it would be definitive proof of
[0:46] the Castaway theory. The idea that
[0:49] Hehheart and her navigator Fred Nunan
[0:52] found a tiny island on which to land
[0:54] instead of plunging into the South
[0:56] Pacific. A research team of 17 people
[0:59] are on Nicaro, a remote island in the
[1:02] Pacific Ocean, part of the nation of
[1:05] Kiraabos. For days, they've endured
[1:08] tumultuous seas and torrential rain in
[1:10] their quest for answers. The island is