×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Monday
06
Apr 2026
weather symbol
Athens 21°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

We’ve been looking for Amelia Earhart for 86 years: A photo may have finally found her

A piece of metal debris found in the western Pacific is deemed to be from a World War II plane, not Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra

Newsroom October 2 12:22

We may never know what happened to Amelia Earhart, but it seems we’ll always have another clue to investigate. And another theory to debate.

Just as scientists ruled out one long-thought promising piece of metal debris as belonging to the famed pilot’s plane, a group spearheading a search for her downed Lockheed Electra aircraft in the western Pacific surfaced another clue to start investigating.

The search for Amelia Earhart never ends.

See Also:

>Related articles

“Trump ‘desperate’, we will open the Strait of Hormuz only if we receive war reparations,” Iran responds – “Hell” if there is no agreement, promises the US president (updated)

Maria Callas: Nikos Floros’ monumental sculpture travels to the São Paulo Opera

Metlen: Among Berenberg’s top picks – €61 price target for the stock

For Just $83,140, Princeton Will Train Your Son to Be a Drag Queen!

The mystery started in July 1937. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were already six weeks and 20,000 miles deep into a trip around the world, but about 1,700 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, the pair’s planned stop at Howland Island in the Pacific never happened.

Continue here: yahoo

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#Amelia Earhart#aviation#history#photo#world
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Michaelidou: After Easter, the “renovate-rent” with subsidies up to €36,000 and the “Neighbourhood Nannies”

April 6, 2026

Rising tensions in the Middle East: U.S.-Iran conflict escalates amid ceasefire talks (updated)

April 6, 2026

US and Iran receive ceasefire plan: reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on the table

April 6, 2026

Mitsotakis proposes incompatibility between Minister and MP after the 2027 elections

April 6, 2026

V Group: Included in the leading list of “The most sustainable companies in Greece 2026”

April 6, 2026

The Greek island that is the first choice for authentic and carefree holidays in Europe, according to international media

April 6, 2026

Apple: From a garage to the top of the world – At 50 years old with 465 billion in revenue, against the challenge of AI

April 6, 2026

Greek Patriot shot down a drone in Saudi Arabia

April 6, 2026
All News

> Politics

Mitsotakis proposes incompatibility between Minister and MP after the 2027 elections

In the wake of the OPEKEPE case, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Monday a proposal that ministers should no longer simultaneously serve as members of Parliament after the 2027 elections. Under his plan, any minister serving in the Cabinet would be temporarily replaced in Parliament by the first runner-up, while efforts would be made to strengthen the role of MPs

April 6, 2026

OPEKEPE developments: Mitsotakis responds as pressure builds in ND

April 6, 2026

MP Vassiliadis requests lifting of immunity in OPEKEPE Case: ‘My name was mentioned indirectly in third-party conversations’

April 6, 2026

OPEKEPE: Papakosta’s falsification over… cattle deemed a felony – What the European Public Prosecutor’s findings say about Karamanlis and Livanos

April 4, 2026

The background with the reshuffle for OPEKEPE: The messages from Mitsotakis, the ministerial appointment of Schinas, Tourna, and Lazaridis

April 3, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα