Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished on July 2, 1937 after departing Lae, Papua New Guinea on a roughly 2,500-mile flight to refuel on Howland Island and did not reach their destination.
July 02, 1937
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The disappearance occurred during an around-the-world flight leg between Lae and Howland Island.
The prevailing historical belief is that Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan ran out of fuel and ditched their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island in 1937.
July 02, 1937
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This is the dominant hypothesis among historians and aviation experts about their disappearance.