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Researchers are looking for answers to a special expedition after the 88th anniversary of the researchers. American aviator Amelia Earhart.
The Perdue Research Foundation (the Indiana-based PRF) and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (the Ali-based) announced the “Taraia Object Expedition” project on Wednesday.
Researchers head to Remote control Nikumarolo, halfway between Australia and Hawaii, according to a joint press release from the two agencies.
While on the island, researchers determine whether the “Taraia object,” a visual anomaly captured by the satellite, is in fact the ruins of the Earhart plane.
Earhart is widely known as the A Aviation pioneerShe became the first woman to fly a solo across the United States nonstop on August 24, 1932.
Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in aviation and became the first woman to fly a non-stop solo in the United States on August 24, 1932. (AP)
She used to work At Perdue University In Indiana, she serves as a female career counselor and advises the Faculty of Aeronautics while living in a female dorm.
In announcing the new expedition, Purdue President Moon Chiang shared that “the boilermaker’s exploration spirit remains alive.”
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“About 90 years ago, Amelia Earhart was hired by Purdue, and the university president later worked with her to prepare the aircraft for historic flights around the world,” Chen said.
Researchers have launched a Talia Object Expedition to Nikumaroro Island to investigate a satellite anomaly that could be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane. (Perdue Research Foundation)
“What we have here is the biggest opportunity to finally close the case,” Ali’s executive director Richard Pettigrew said in the release.
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“We have such a strong evidence that we feel we have no choice but to move forward and hopefully return with evidence,” he added.
Earhart flew through Electra, which disappeared on July 2, 1937.
The Perdue Research Foundation (PRF) and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (Ali) announced the “Taraia Object Expedition” project on Wednesday. (Perdue Research Foundation)
“Earheart and Her husband Manager George Putnam has expressed his intention to return Electra to Purdue after the historic flight,” said Stephen Schultz, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Purdue.
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Researchers assume that Earhart did not crash At the seabut instead landed, stranded on Nikumaroro Island, later perished there.
