A remote Pacific island remains central to one of aviation’s greatest mysteries

Nikumaroro Island has been at the center of decades of efforts to solve the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Learn why researchers continue to search the remote Pacific atoll and what a new expedition hopes to find.

Buried in sediment in the island's shallow lagoon, satellite imagery matches the dimensions of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.

Amelia Earhart vanished in 1937. New evidence could find her plane.  USA Today

Earhart vanished somewhere in the Pacific without a trace in 1937 when attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world

A 16-strong team will head to remote Nikumaroro in October to probe a plane-shaped “Taraia Object” which could be the pioneering pilot's lost Electra