Purdue researchers reach possible Amelia Earhart crash site on island in Pacific Ocean

INDIANAPOLIS — In the spring of 1937, Amelia Earhart took off from Oakland, California, with the intent of flying around the world. She almost made it before running out of fuel, missing her planned ...

Expedition to find Amelia Earhart’s lost plane continues in giant crab-infested lagoon

A 17-member team from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) has launched a high-stakes expedition ...

Amelia Earhart team reach 'critical phase' of plane hunt in South Pacific

Footage shows an expedition boat advancing in the South Pacific toward a coral atoll where the wreckage of Earhart's plane ...

Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific in 1937; a theory suggests she survived a crash landing on a remote island before giant coconut crabs consumed her remains

Amelia Earhart, one of the world’s most celebrated aviation pioneers, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, ...