Over the centuries since her disappearance, hope of uncovering Earhart and her plane seemed to dwindle, despite millions being spent over 87 years. However, there's a recent glimmer of possibility. Tony Romeo, a former US Air Force pilot, claims to have made a significant breakthrough in locating the iconic aircraft, suggesting it may rest on the ocean floor.
From New York Post:
Romeo says that his sonar image of an aircraft-shaped object in the Pacific Ocean may well be Earhart’s Lockheed 10-E Electra — and experts who have viewed the image say it’s worth investigating.
“This is maybe the most exciting thing I’ll ever do in my life,” Romeo told the Journal.
“I feel like a 10-year-old going on a treasure hunt.”
Earhart’s daredevil piloting made her world-famous.
She was the first woman to fly solo, nonstop across the continental US and Atlantic Ocean as well as the first person to fly alone over the Pacific from Hawaii to the mainland.
“For her to go missing was just unthinkable,” Romeo said. “Imagine Taylor Swift just disappearing today.”
Romeo and two of his brothers, all pilots, felt they would have better luck finding Earhart than the slew of past adventurers, many of whom were sailors.
“We always felt that a group of pilots were the ones that are going to solve this, and not the mariners,” Romeo told WSJ.
