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

October 10, 2026 · 6:22 pm 2 sources

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• Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island
  BBC News · October 10, 2026 18:22
  The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.
• Is it a plane or a tree? Amelia Earhart expedition aims to solve mystery of disappearance
  The Guardian · October 12, 2026 13:37
  Researchers will head to remote Pacific atoll, but sceptics say satellite images unlikely to be of her aircraft 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…