Explorer believes he may have found Amelia Earhart’s lost plane

Tony Romeo now believes his new South Carolina-based sea exploration company captured an outline of the iconic American’s Lockheed 10-E Electra.
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[@JackSparrow-df4nk]

Let's not forget she wasn't alone, Fred Noonan also went missing that day too.

[@markbeames7852]

Um...okay then.

[@BlueLineChop]

@@markbeames7852I take it you didn’t realize she was alone in this flight? He was her navigator. Just FYI. Don’t try and delete and edit your comment either it’s clear you had no clue he was talking about the same crash. Bless your heart. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@keithm9337]

I agree, everyone forgets about him and they shouldn't. The story gets hammered into our brains and because she was so famous, he is forgotten.

[@markbeames7852]

@@BlueLineChop the fact that Amelia was accompanied by Noonan is such common knowledge that the comment I responded to in a rather droll fashion was superfluous. Get over yourself and sit down.

[@DESTINYFPV]

Nope I don't think it's her plane the sweep on the wings doesn't match up.

[@rad4579]

not her.

[@GreggRoberts]

The plane in the sonar image has swept wings.

[@031767sc]

every couple of years some one comes out with this same nonsense

[@knowingyourmind]

Dunning-Kruger poster child.

[@markbeames7852]

what is nonsensical about this?

[@johninflorida8634]

Her plane did not have swept back wings like their image, However, something about this find seems very right.

[@Pwj579]

The wings could have been damaged in crash that caused them to appear swept, also sonar visualization could include sand or other material that has accumulated along wing

[@MakaiMauka]

Tail

[@keithm9337]

@@Pwj579 Both wings perfectly damaged exactly the same? Not likely.

[@patrickporter6536]

No engine nacelles on those wings.

[@nicholasklangos9704]

Remember it’s a sonar image considering that and the depth eand decades its a pretty close match! Duh!

[@ericheine2414]

At night all cats look Gray

[@johndefenderfer5946]

Interesting take - never thought of that. 🙃

[@guilhermecabral4578]

​@@johndefenderfer5946miauuu🐈

[@fractuss]

"May have", here we go again.

[@fractuss]

I'll wait for the tail number.

[@ramblerdave1339]

Only thousands of planes, shot down over the Pacific in WW2.

[@knowingyourmind]

No airfields of any accomodating size that would have been worth flying from are found anywhere near Howland Island. An airSTRIP was constructed on Howland Island solely for Earhart, but beyond that there's nothing. Go look at Google Maps. There were also no battles of any sort near the island, either.

[@WascallyWabbitt]

In that spot? LOL

[@TheErockaustin]

The island was bombed in WWII, and was also an anchorage for float planes during the war. There was plenty of air activity around the island. In fact, the type of bomber the Japanese used to attack the island was a twin-engine plane with a double tail, almost identical in shape to a Lockheed Vega.@@knowingyourmind

[@guilhermecabral4578]

Yes,the size and double tail ,is similar to amelia's plane.​@@knowingyourmind

[@shondrawhite9317]

This has been a crazy year. I'm now waiting for them to find Jimmy Hoffa . Seriously

[@bobpourri9647]

Jimmy's the white blob to the left of the plane on the image.

[@shondrawhite9317]

@@bobpourri9647 lol. But I didn't see the brick the mob tied to his ankle...

[@martyyoung3611]

Maybe they'll find Obama's real birth certificate, too.

[@Flickit100]

They say Jimmy Hoffa is working in disguise at MacDonalds

[@billwatkins8227]

Oh him ! He’s sitting in the cockpit of that submerged plane.

[@HansDelbruck53]

Just about this time every year, someone claims to have found Amelia Earhart's lost plane. Will it never end?

[@shondrawhite9317]

You sound very boring. Have you never explored anything or went metal detecting . Why would anyone want that to end. It's fun and educational to find a bit of history. You should try it sometime. And they're not hurting anyone . Just exploring, discovering and having a good time.

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@shondrawhite9317 It's "Have you never gone metal detecting?" I'm not into metal detecting, but I have explored many areas in over a dozen countries. The glaciers and the ice cap of Greenland, for example, were very interesting. I also enjoyed exploring the caves, coves and ruins of Okinawa very much when I was in the army. The scuba diving there was nonpareil. The annual Amelia Earhart "discoveries" always turn up no real evidence That's what makes them boring. What have you explored?

[@garymckee8857]

​I concur it's every two to three years some latest find is related to her aircraft or that photos show that she was imprisoned by the Japanese.

[@knowingyourmind]

Dunning-Kruger poster child.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

It will end when the plane's found and if this is it, it won't take long to confirm.

[@VndNvwYvvSvv]

2024 and women are still setting records for downing planes and bridges 🙄

[@mikebrase5161]

😂 no lies detected

[@wjb4578]

Sick beard game on the guy being interviewed.

[@MrPagevideos]

Did he say, Pappy-Wah?

[@johndefenderfer5946]

Yep, only Kamala could butcher that word worse than the narrator did. 😊

[@MakaiMauka]

Distinctive tail….looks like they found it!

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Now if they only can find the missing Malaysia airline.

[@lpdog82]

the wings are all wrong but hey, it's been down there along time, and we don't know how hard she hit the water, the wreckage could have the image looking different , , , it would be amazing if they actually did find her plane

[@stevetaxpayer6664]

Now, maybe Tony and his team can see if they can find Joe Biden's integrity.

[@shondrawhite9317]

Or Trump's real skin color

[@keithm9337]

Sorry, that was pummeled into dust decades ago, and there is some speculation it never existed.

[@shondrawhite9317]

@@keithm9337 are you still talking about Trump's 🤏🏼🍊🍄?

[@titanuranus]

@@shondrawhite9317 The Donald still lives in their heads, 24/7, rent free. Gotta love it.

[@mikethemagnificent6631]

That would be impossible, he never had any integrity.

[@anthonyangeli256]

There was no distress radio call indicating a ditch in the ocean. I would hope it's her plane but I doubt it. Plenty of aircraft crashed in that part of the Pacific. We'll see what happens. Good luck to the search crew.

[@James-mz7tv]

To power the radio adequately, the engine needed to be running normally, firstly. As her engines cut out due to being starved of fuel, it is likely that her radio would have been "chugging" as well, meaning turning off and on as the engines struggled in the moments before she lost the engines for good. It's also important to note that her engines cutting out would have likely sent a big flush of panic as the gravity of the coming moments became instantaneously realized. Her whole focus would have likely been diverted in muscling the stick and trying to land the aircraft safely on the surface of the ocean. Don't forget, Earhart was flying exceptionally low, 1,000 foot or below, meaning she had moments only after those engines sputtered out to try and get the plane down safely. Alternatively, she may have switched to a different frequency in a desperate attempt to be heard, and the Itasca simply did not receive the broadcast.

[@anthonyangeli256]

@@James-mz7tv all very good points which I'm aware of. But absolutely nothing can be assumed without hard evidence which seems to be the very point of this haunting mystery. But I remain optimistic that one day the truth will be known.

[@wingmanjim6]

Don't hold your breath........

[@ProjectAlien724]

Hopefully they do find her plane someday she is a true American legend.

[@caroltenge5147]

Its already known where it is, destroyed and hidden in 1944. Read read read.

[@ThatOneGuy81309]

@@caroltenge5147that’s also a theory dude so do some actual research instead of “government cover up”

[@BrentLackner-iu4vn]

It’s been found! Again.

[@melissasmess2773]

I want whatever they are smoking 😂

[@TudorOwen50s]

Better get a sonar image to verify that it looks like the good stuff they're smoking! 😉

[@knowingyourmind]

You smoke enough. You didn't get those round lips by eating three square meals a day.

[@patrickkenney1080]

Nope, sorry, not the Electra.

[@simritnam612]

Oh, it's only 3 miles ie 15,000 feet below sea level!

[@thelastjohnwayne]

Well even if it is another plane. And not Amelias That may still solve another mystery. The Oceans are filled with unsolved mysteries.

[@billwatkins8227]

Isn’t this about 83 times someone has “found” the plane? Sounds like another 15 minutes of fame to me. Oh, and that picture? Didn’t they also find a face on Mars? How did that work out ?

[@RichardTClark396]

Doubtful the wings are swept back to far it’s obvious.

[@godfellas483]

I don't believe the plane would be so intact after hitting the water. It is likely they bailed out before going down. It would be too risky to try an unpowered landing on water. Her navigator was reputed to be a drunk that other pilots would not fly with. He may have miscalculated their fuel consumption and mileage. Years ago a fishing boat pulled some wreckage including landing gear out of the water. They released it back into the deep after being told to do so by the authorities. I believe that is the more likely scenario.

[@cmedeir]

That outline looks nothing like a Lockheed Electra. This is ridiculous.

[@fractuss]

To be fair its not a photo, the plane hit the water, salt water and currents change the form of objects.

[@cmedeir]

@@fractuss I just wish they had included a size comparison. That would have made more sense.

[@TerrenceMurphy-k4i]

The image looks like an F-86 Sabre jet?

[@keithm9337]

The wings are pitching back in the radar image and not in the drawing. Doesn't look like the same plane at all to me.

[@shondrawhite9317]

The plane crashed into water at a high rate of speed. Your wings would fold back to

[@knowingyourmind]

Take into account damage suffered. Looks like the fuselage is broken and to the left. With it being so poor quality, there is interference in the return, so that'll come into play. With the apparent level being so deep, there's no telling how the airframe would be deformed. Any sort of compressed gas cylinders, if there were any, such as O2 might not have reacted so well with the depths.They'll get back out and get better cleaner images upon their return.

[@WascallyWabbitt]

Actually the forward edge of an Electra's wings are swept back.

[@keithm9337]

@@shondrawhite9317 If the plane crashed into water at a high rate of speed, basically crashing into concrete, there would have been nothing left of it, especially not the wings intact but just slightly bent back. If that is the plane, what would make the most sense to me is she had control and had to ditch on water. Then it wouldn't have been a steep angle and could possibly explain the swept back wing and the plane being somewhat intact and not totally destroyed.

[@willgeo2215]

I see swept back wings in the image so I don't think this is her aircraft

[@KarlBerlin]

It's not her plane. That one they're showing has swept wings

[@unknownconnection8758]

The wings are different. I don't think those are the same planes

[@carloseduardos7294]

Mr Trump the best president of the World...ever...!!!!!!!!!

[@SS-gu6hs]

With all due respect to the search nerds I believe this is the 5th or 6th time she's been found

[@2148aa]

Someday they will fine it. I am not holding my breath on this one.

[@justwondering1967]

It’s either Emelia Earhart’s plane or one of the hundreds that were there when it was a military airstrip during the war..🤷🏼‍♂️

[@bobpourri9647]

I need to see much more evidence beyond this. BTW the image seems to indicate a swept-wing plane. Her Electra was straight-winged. 0:32

[@patrickshaw8595]

Ask Google to show you an image of the planform of Lockheed Electra 10-E. Leading and trailing edges both swept. Leading edge = swept back. Trailing edge = swept forward.

[@RawAmericanFacts]

i thought they found her body eaten by giant crabs

[@tommyc3790]

That plane has swept wings

[@jamessherosick2747]

Oh really? Is the zodiac unaliver on board too? What about D.B. Cooper? I will hold my breath.

[@shondrawhite9317]

You forgot Jimmy Hoffa

[@TudorOwen50s]

You forgot Judge Joseph F. Crater! 😉

[@shondrawhite9317]

@@TudorOwen50s Google search complete... Thank you, I had never heard of this judge Before, disappeared from the streets of Manhattan in 1930 at age 41. declared 💀 1939. Known as "the most missingest man in New York". Better known as good time Joe . Very interesting story. I love learning history. The story definitely sounds like mafia, seeing he was investigating corruption in NY. Thanks again my friend. Have a great night

[@gregdrmax]

All his gloating on find Amelia's plane. Hogwash. He's just want's publicity, to then go find 370? More BS

[@ChrisEbbrsen]

I think her plane is belly up. Because of fuselage shadow. Under rear stab.😮

[@scottjanz7113]

That's the Fedex plane from Castaway movie.

[@BluBlade-k7b]

The Electra does not hav swept back wings , after some 80 years anything might be possible .

[@jszorc3488]

That’s 100 percent a ship anchor!

[@jimflys2]

That would be a hell of a huge anchor at 38 feet!

[@jszorc3488]

@@jimflys2 it is way deeper than 38 feet!

[@jszorc3488]

@@jimflys2 That image is 3 MILES DOWN according to the video!!!!!

[@jimflys2]

@@jszorc3488 Yes, about 16,000 feet of water. I meant the object shown has a length of about 38 feet and width about 55 feet. Approximately the size of her aircraft. They scale measured it. That would be one huge anchor! The distortion from the movement of the sonar during the sonogram gives the impression of swept wings. Corrected for that, they speculate they are not actually looking at a swept wing aircraft. Whatever it is, I am guessing they have more sonographic imagery that is even more telling. they are just holding back until they funding and more backing to do a possible recovery or an unmanned submersible. This is fun, whatever it is.

[@johnking2413]

Put the diagram of an A7 Corsair Us Navy fighter jet next to what they found ??? 👍

[@johnrfranklinjr9325]

I really hope they solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart and Fred noonan.Amelia Earhart is my sister’s and I cousin. My sister’s and I really want to finally have closure in our family.😂

[@josephtotter7484]

Only time will tell. It's in conclusive till the get down there and take video. Don't get your hopes up.

[@Turner.1]

Somebodys airplane, looks like a A6 intruder frame,sweptwings

[@B_A_O69]

I think MH370 is gonna land this year and she’s gonna be the pilot.

[@thereddragonslair9548]

Why hasn’t anyone asked James Cameron to use his sub? It’s been to the titanic several times!!

[@briansturges2658]

No way they they had time to tranmit several radio calls after ditching in open ocean. They landed on the island, the plane was eventually washed over, being broken up in many small pieces. This team probably found one of the many thousands of ww2 aircraft.

[@voice_crack_gamer6937]

I thought she was killed by coconut crabs😂

[@freegw1]

Who’s going to waste their money on recovering the wreckage.

[@ChrisEbbrsen]

Dear Johninflorida, sonar refraction could make straight wings swept acknowledge. LOOK what happens when you put a fork in a half filled glass of water.

[@HansDelbruck53]

The water gets forked! But not pregnant.

[@burrdaddy]

She was still broadcasting a distress signal days after she went missing. That means he wasn't in water. In that plane, the prop has to turn to power the radio.

[@jameshisself9324]

Looks pretty weak, but could be.

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

I thought they already found that years ago and there was a grave of an infant or something on a beach

[@silvereagle2061]

Why wait so long? Are they waiting for some network to do a special on the final dive for fame and money? Remember Al Capone's vault?

[@silvereagle2061]

What about Fred Noonan. He was a life lost as well. Remember Fred Noonan.

[@Ro6entX]

The wings don’t look right but the tail end looks more similar to a B-24, or even a B-25.

[@guidosarducci3047]

Good point - the wings do look kinda swept if it is a plane. But that sonar image is highly distorted too. But both the 24 & 25 are bigger than the electra. And the 4 engine 24 is much bigger than a 25 as I'm sure you're aware. And I think that guy said the sonar target has the same basic dimensions as the electra. I think there's too many "ifs", "ands", "buts" LOL...I read that her navigator wasn't much better than herself. And she was a terrible navigator. I think that plane could be just about anywhere. After all, it's not the first time someone has claimed to have found the wreckage. Still very interesting though.

[@maxjasmine]

Or it could be a WW2 military aircraft that got lost and ran out of gas.

[@bobbressi5414]

A little premature I think.

[@DAN87NATIONAL]

Let’s go James Cameron 😂

[@TheJoeyboots]

Oh wow what a find! I hope that is it.

[@VideoServicesVB]

Her wings are swept forward. The scan has wings that are swept back.

[@justsnappy]

Cracked

[@holtridge7337]

I don't believe it. Let's just let Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan rest. They were pioneers in aviation. Let's just remember them for what they accomplished and not for their fate.

[@TheTiredAndSleepyOwl]

Agreed

[@CodyPreis]

It is a ship ⚓ 🤦‍♂️

[@NetWit20]

The area saw a lot of heavy aircraft activity during WWII, so it could be a bomber as well. The only way to find out, obviously, is to get down below the surface of the ocean 16,000 feet which is 7500 feet deeper than the wreck of the USS Thresher and 3500 feet deeper than the Titanic's grave.

[@gingermegs138]

Very Sad What Happened to them.Been waiting fro this for many Many Years. She always said if she had to put it down she would do it very gently and it looks intact.

[@weofnjieofing]

I think he plane was totally destroyed. This age could be anyrhiing

[@galacticarazor]

I've heard this story several times before when someone says the found the airplane but then nothing comes of it. Explorers should have verified the findings before going public with this.

[@ChrisEbbrsen]

Dear Eric eine, hummm never thought much about it. Maybe so.

[@richardschindler8822]

At this point in time, why does anyone want to spend millions of dollars just to say, I found it. Not like it held all sorts of valuable treasures.

[@randymente80]

The plane is dust by now.

[@WascallyWabbitt]

Checkout some of USS Lexingtons planes in 3000m just south in the Coral sea. Pretty cool, huh?

[@RIGiantsGuy]

Ummm… 90 YEARS⁉️

[@lechatbotte.]

The sonar image is distorted by the water so it’s possible

[@jenwright2577]

Get pelagic down there and lets bring it up!

[@GoPoundSalt]

woooooo that would be so coo!!

[@FuzzyDoxie]

So interesting!

[@wohl1917]

Wow...

[@keithdunwoody1302]

Cool.

[@watchgoose]

the sonar image looks more like a swept-wing plane, not an electra.

[@aurorastarfire433]

She flew through an area she shouldn't have an airplane malfunctioned there are forces which man does not understand yet in the ocean you know the Bermuda triangle in the electrical atmospheric anomalies yeah there resons for that

[@patrickporter6536]

Nice sentence!

[@patbateman6729]

Not it look at the wing, they would break off before they would sweep back.

[@TheDragonlady08]

It's fascinating!

[@FindItFixIt]

there's more proof that she was on Saipan military soldiers said she was killed by by Japanese and then her plane was burnt and pushed off into the ocean possibly storms moved it around the ocean floor you could find more information online about it

[@rogersmith4834]

Right, and artwork on their postage stamps depicts her plane hoisted by crane onto the deck of a Japanese ship--never to be seen again, so far. Her initials remain in a Japanese prison cell on Saipan. Natives spoke on camera of this one white woman ever seen there being shot by a guard and buried on the spot. Japan still refuses comment on having captured her or her true fate.

[@gritsngranola]

Sniff sniff I smell a movie deal 😂😂 Great info btw 😊

[@TudorOwen50s]

😆😆

[@JoseChavez-cr2cg]

Predicted by The Simpsons for 2024

[@caroltenge5147]

Baloney.. Move on.😂

[@TudorOwen50s]

No! 😆 That image isn't bologna! "It's the plane! The plane!" It's just of the shores of Fantasy Island. 😆

[@toomignon]

Those angles on the wings are all wrong.

[@345mrse]

Earhart dated Howard Hughes.

[@simonmcowan6874]

Great news, at last a possible find.

[@keith3970]

Please stop talking about her!

[@shondrawhite9317]

Why though? It's part of our history.

[@kensmith2839]

I'm waiting for Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.

[@TudorOwen50s]

Really? 🙄 That's a part of January 2025's: "We've found Amelia Earhart's plane!" news feeds! Don't get ahead of yourself! 🤣🤣🤣

[@James-mz7tv]

It's likely her aircraft, and I say that because I'm going to assume that this team has information they're holding back and not disclosing, which appears to be the case if you listen very closely to the myriad interviews they've been doing. If indeed this image is all they've got, I still believe it's highly likely it's her aircraft. The wings would have endured some damage on its long journey to the bottom. That's a lot of drag pulling them upward toward the surface as the plane fell nose-first into the seabed. As the aircraft entered considerable depths, there would have almost certainly been implosive forces at work due to her having converted the majority of the Electra's 12-seat capacity cabin into a network of reserve and primary fuel tanks. The front-heavy electra would have sank rapidly, and considering that fact, would have been filled with air pockets of substantial size, which would have all imploded and caused significant damage. Plus, once the aircraft hit the seabed, an hydrologic-quake would have bore down, further damaging the aircraft. It's likely the plane received all sorts of damage, and if it is whole at all, it will be a testament to how well she dropped it onto the surf.

[@jimflys2]

Yep. I'd say they KNOW what they've got. They probably have a lot more images that are even clearer. I mean, if you got that image, would you say, cool, let's go home and talk about it? No, you'd keep going over that spot, getting as many images and closer ones as you could. That would be for the purposes of presenting it to investors, recovery experts znd getting your legal house in order. 100% they know they've got it. Playing poker face right now.

[@mortsnerd6053]

Nobody cares

[@williamrizzo1285]

No, only you!

[@VolcanoKing-dj5px]

I do.

[@rogersmith4834]

If you disappear, will anyone care?

[@shondrawhite9317]

Speak for yourself oh boring one.