A Nikumaroro landing?

Having failed to find their next destination on the journey, Howland Island, Earhart and Noonan continued on the navigational line Earhart said they were following when they last communicated with their radio contact.

Following that line, researchers now believe the uninhabited Gardner Island, now known as Nikumaroro, may be the location where Amelia Earhart landed the Electra safely on the island’s reef.

The nonprofit TIGHAR, dedicated to promoting responsible aviation archaeology and historic preservation, will set sail tomorrow from Honolulu to try to solve one of aviation's most famous mysteries.

Using sonar technology, TIGHAR's research vessel, Ka’Imikai-O-Kanaloa (meaning heavenly searcher of the seas) will set out on the long-awaited search for Earhart’s Lockheed Electra in the deep waters off the reef at Nikumaroro.