04-11-2016 15:00 via phys.org

Amelia Earhart might have died as a castaway

American aviator Amelia Earhart became famous in the 1930s for her flying adventures—at one point, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. But it was her sudden disappearance in July 1939 that truly sent her name into the history books. But the mystery of what happened to her and her co-pilot Fred Noonan has never been solved. Now, a team called the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) believes they may have evidence that suggests Earhart di
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