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University of Hawai‘i to collaborate on Earhart expedition GIULIO ROCCA Staff Writer
A new clue discovered by the The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery may offer answers to one of the 20th century’s greatest mysteries: the disappearance of American aviator Amelia Earhart in the South Pacific nearly 75 years ago on an attempted flight to circumnavigate the globe. A nalysis of a photograph taken by a British sur vey team only months later reveals an object near the island of Nikumaroro (formerly Gardner Island) in the Pacific nation of K iribati consistent in size and shape with the landing gear of a L ockheed Electra airplane. “L o and behold, on the left hand side of the frame there’s something sticking out of the water that shouldn’t be there, right on the reef edge,” said R ic Gillespie, executive director of TIGH A R.
EXPEDITION T he group plans to launch a 26 - day expedition on July 2 – the 75th anniversar y of
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were last seen on July 2, 1937, after they took off from Lae, New Guinea. Her last-known radio transmission to her destination, Howland Island, was at 8:43 a.m.
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Earhart ’s disappearance – onboard the Universit y of Hawai‘i’s research vessel K a‘imikai- o -K analoa. “KOK is well suited for [this] type of work,” said Alexander Shor, associate dean for research at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, in an email. “We routinely launch and recover two manned submersibles ... and the ship is well outfitted for navigating and communicating with underwater vehicles, which is one of its principal mission requirements.” TIGH A R intends to lease autonomous under water ve hicles from Phoenix International, the U.S. Nav y’s primar y contractor for deep ocean search and recover y. Gillespie has budgeted $2 million for the expedition and raised 75 percent of the amount so far from private sources, including L ockheed Martin and FedEx Corporation. The Discover y Channel will track the expedition and produce a television special later this year. See New clue, page 2
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