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Purdue-led expedition reaches Nikumaroro to investigate possible Amelia Earhart aircraft wreckage

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After a five-day boat journey, a research team has arrived at the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro to investigate an object in a lagoon that may be the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra. Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world; the expedition is entering a critical phase of the long-running search.

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  • The expedition is testing a specific possible-wreckage site, the “Taraia Object,” on Nikumaroro, advancing an investigation into one of aviation history’s most enduring mysteries.
  • The search concerns Earhart’s Lockheed Electra, but the articles provide no findings yet; whether the object is aircraft wreckage remains to be established.

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