Shipping to find the plane of Amelia Earhart launches on the distant Pacific Island

Researchers are looking for answers and embarked on a special expedition after the 88th anniversary of the disappearance of the American aviator Amelia Earhart.

The Purdue Research Foundation (PRF, based in Indiana) and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (Ali, based in Oregon) announced on Wednesday the project “Taraia Object Expedition”.

The researchers will go to the remote island of Nikumaroro, which is halfway between Australia and Hawaii, according to a joint press release from the two agencies.

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While on the island, researchers will determine if the Taraia object “, a visual anomaly captured by a satellite, is in fact the remains of the Earhart plane.

Earhart is widely known as a pioneer in aviation, becoming the first woman to travel the solo through the United States without stop on August 24, 1932.

Amelia Earhart was a pioneer in aviation, becoming the first woman to travel the solo through the United States constantly on August 24, 1932. (AP)

She has already worked at Purdue University in Indiana, as a career advisor for women and advised the aeronautical engineering department while living in women’s residence.

In an announcement of the new expedition, the president of Purdue, Mung Chiang, shared that “the spirit of a boilermaker of exploration”.

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“About nine decades ago, Amelia Earhart was recruited in Purdue, and the president of the university then worked with her to prepare an aircraft in her historic flight in the world,” said Chiang.

The researchers launched the Taraia object shipment on the island of Nikumaror to investigate a satellite anomaly which could be the missing plane of Amelia Earhart. (Purdue Research Foundation)

Richard Pettigrew, Executive Director of Ali, said in the press release: “What we have here is perhaps the greatest opportunity to finally close the case.”

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“With such a large amount of very solid evidence, we think we have no choice but to move forward and, hopefully, come back with proof,” he added.

Earhart stole “The Electra”, which disappeared on July 2, 1937.

The Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (Ali) announced on Wednesday the project “Taraia Object Expedition”. (Purdue Research Foundation)

“Earhart and her husband and director, George Putnam, expressed their intention to return the Electra to Purdue after his historic flight,” said Steven Schultz, Vice-President Director and Advocate General of Purdue.

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The researchers hypothesized that Earhart did not crash at sea, but rather landed and was blocked on the island of Nikumaror, later there.