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Aluminum Patch May Be From Amelia Earhart's Lost Plane ?
Researchers say they may have identified a piece of the airplane flown by vanished aviatrix Amelia Earhart as she made an ill-fated bid to circle the globe more than 70 years ago. As reported by Discovery News, an investigation done by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. (www.nbcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
If this fabricated and so called identifiable patch was indeed riveted to the airframe how come they found it but believe that the airframe itself is off a shelf in 600 feet of water, more or less intact. Wouldn't the patch still be attached to the airframe? TIGHAR has been prospecting for a very long gone Amelia for a while now so I'm a tad skeptical on this one. Maybe they will find Noonan since he was supposedly known to be "pickled" most of the time.
It does make sense. The piece was found on the island and bent in such a way as to possibly make a cooking utensil out of it or something to at least collect and boil water in. Since it was patched over a window and not part of a larger skin that would of had to have been cut, the castaways could have kicked it out while they got what they could before the plane was lost to the sea. I think it showed signs of being used in a fire and the vast majority of water that got on it over time was fresh rain water not saltwater. I would love for the next expedition to the island to bring back something with a traceable number on it. A part of the fuselage or an engine would leave no doubt.
Let me see. An aluminum scrap is declared to be from a rather small plane, but MH370 is nowhere to be found.
That scrap could be from a canoe I paddled at summer camp.
That scrap could be from a canoe I paddled at summer camp.
Given TIGHAR's success rate, that's almost certainly what it's from.
Well lets see they found it according to the paper in 1991 in one account. If so why so long to id it? Nope they have been sued by at least one person for defrauding him don't know how that turned out. They are crooks and just show up when most have forgotten about what they are about so they can get more money.NO GO NOTHING NEW HERE
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And it will be flown by Elvis and Brice Lee, with in-flight entertainment provided by Jim Morrison.
Gee is that there new quest? Bet with there record they will find it in about two lifetimes.LOL