Was Amelia Earhart eaten by coconut crabs?
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Researchers believe they have made an "exciting" discovery that could solve the decades-old mystery surrounding the mysterious disappearance of history's most famous aviator, Amelia Earhart.
Before we tell you about the latest discovery, let's refresh your memory about the mystery and the edges that have been explored on the subject.
Amelia Earhart, an American aviator and author, became famous for being the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a solo flight.
She set many flight records and wrote books about her experiences as a pilot.
At the age of 39, she disappeared under unclear circumstances in the Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island, on July 2, 1937, when the story of her disappearance became one of the greatest mysteries in history.
For decades, researchers believed that Earhart and her co-pilot, Fred Noonan, crashed into the water after their plane, a Lockheed L-10E Electra, developed engine problems.
In the past decade, experts have analyzed Earhart's last distress calls and discovered clues that may shed light on what really happened to her.
Richard Gillespie, who has investigated the case for more than 30 years, believes Earhart crashed on a remote island in the South Pacific, 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from Hawaii - and called for help for almost a week before her plane drifted out to sea. An extensive study of the Nicomaruru area It shows bonfires lit and fish bones strewn around, indicating that a person did live there for a period of time. Gillespie said at the time: "I would argue she spent days - maybe even months - trying to survive on the deserted island."
Is the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance close to being solved? (Photo: ShutterStock)
Now researchers believe they have found another clue that brings them closer to solving the mystery of her disappearance.
According to the Daily Mail, scientific analysis of an aluminum plate that washed up on an island near where the plane disappeared has found new information that could be vital.
A team of researchers at Penn State's Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) has located never-before-seen letters on a metal plate that washed up on the remote Nicomaroro beach and was found in 1991.
Analysis of the panel found the characters 'D24', 'XRO' and a number which is either '335' or '385'.
Experts hope to determine if the board was at some point attached to Earhart's plane, which could confirm the area where her plane crashed.
It will also help to some extent to prove certain theories about her disappearance - and to rule out others.
This is not the first time that they thought that the solution was close
already in 2018 they were sure that the mystery was solved
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A panel that may be from Amelia Earhart's plane (photo: official website, Kenan Ünlü)
The panel — rusted from the long years at the bottom of the ocean — has slots similar to those on Earhart's Lockheed Electra, but some researchers said they "didn't fit exactly."
However, the board may have been installed as an add-on.
Kenan Onello, a professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Penn State University, called the discovery "the first new information" that experts have been able to examine in the more than three decades since the panel was found.
By using neutron radiography, they could see patterns that were not visible to the naked eye.
The process includes exposing objects to radioactive neutrons, which react differently with the nuclei of different particles.
The contrasts are then recorded and an image is created that shows information that is not visible to the eye.
"We found what appear to be stamped or painted markings that may be from the original manufacturer," Keenan Onello said, "D24 and 335, or maybe 385. We don't know what they mean, but they are the first new information from this panel that has been examined by various technical experts different sciences for over 30 years," he added.
Richard Gillespie is now consulting with forensic analysts in hopes of deciphering the origin of the patterns and matching them to a production number that could connect the panel to Earhart's plane.
The letters and numbers written on the panel that may be from the plane of Emilia Earhart (photo: official website, Kenan Ünlü)
Amelia Earhart (Photo: ShutterStock)
Bones were discovered at Nikomaru in 1940, three years after Earhart's disappearance, but a 1941 forensic analysis of the bones determined they belonged to a different person.
However, the bones were later lost and some researchers now believe that the remains did belong to her.
In 2019, researchers said a site in Papua New Guinea may contain the lost remains of Earhart's plane.
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