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 Die Suche nach Amelia Earhart infographic
Grafik zeigt die Flugroute von Earhart rund um die Welt, mit Details neuer Evidenz, auf die Ballard seine Suche stützt.
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Finder der Titanic sucht jetzt nach Amelia Earhart

By Ninian Carter

August 15, 2019 - Der Ozeanograph Robert Ballard, er wurde berühmt mit der Entdeckung der Wracks von Titanic und Bismarck, wird jetzt eine neue Suche im Pazifik nach der Flugpionierin Amelia Earhart unternehmen.

The mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart has captured our imaginations ever since she, and her navigator Fred Noonan, vanished without trace in 1937, while attempting to make the first circumnavigational flight around the world.

A new expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard, famous for discovering the wrecks of the Titanic and Bismarck, is attempting to locate the remains of her plane, believed to be just off Nikumaroro, a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Evidence to this, for which Ballard is basing his search, comes from 30 years of research by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). Included in their findings is the recent discovery of a 1937 photograph they believe shows the broken landing gear from Earhart’s plane, poking out from a shallow reef surrounding Nikumaroro.

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PUBLISHED: 16/08/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Creative Commons, Getty Images and TIGHAR
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