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Amelia Earhart
Status
Unsolved
Type
Missing Person
Date
July 2, 1937
Location
Oakland (departed), California
Victim Age
39
Gender
Female
Pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe. She was declared legally dead in 1939. Multiple theories exist including the crash-and-sink theory and the Gardner Island castaway theory. Her fate remains one of aviation's greatest mysteries.
Last Seen / Last Known Information
July 2, 1937, somewhere over the central Pacific Ocean
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