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Team sets out to remote island in new search for Amelia Earhart's plane

The team aims to verify a visual anomaly near Nikumaroro Island as Earhart's plane, marking 88 years since her disappearance and involving 15 crew members, Purdue said.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One of the world's biggest mysteries may be one step closer to being solved. On Wednesday, a team of researchers from Purdue University took off from an Indiana Airport en route to a remote Pacific island, where they believe the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane has sat for nearly a century. Human hair museum closes after nearly 70 years in Kansas City metro The mission, called the "Taraia Object Expedition," consists …

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The Free Press (Tampa) broke the news in Tampa, United States on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
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