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Amelia Earhart Report
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2011 Mar 3, 08:50 -0400
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2011 Mar 3, 08:50 -0400
AVwebFlash report: EARHART WRECK FOUND? A report from Papua New Guinea says the wreck of an aircraft that might be the Lockheed Electra flown by Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan has been found on a reef near Bougainville Island near Papua New Guinea. The Papua New Guinea Post Courier is reporting"armed men" are guarding the area over a reef off Matsungan Island where an aircraft matching the description of Earhart's plane has been found. Divers are now checking the wreck and inquiries are flooding in from all over the world. There is no word on whether any human remains have been recovered. More: http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1847-full.html#204205 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http:// www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
