A new study of skeletal remains found on a remote Pacific Ocean island could be the key to finally solving the mystery of the
Amelia Earhart disappearance.
As reported by News.com.au, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) recently theorized that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, did not die at sea, but landed their plane on Nikumaroro, a remote Pacific island, and lived as castaways. TIGHAR claims Earhart made more than 100 radio distress calls between July 2-6, 1937 and that mechanical plane parts from the 1930s were found on Nikumaroro.
Bones found on the island were first analyzed in 1940, but scientists believed them to be male. A more recent analysis, however, revealed the bones were actually from a tall, white woman “consistent with a female of Earhart’s height and ethnic origin,” reports News.com.au.