What really happened to Amelia Earhart?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Legendary aviator Amelia Earhart and her plane vanished in 1937. Today, explorers are still venturing into the unknown to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
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| 0:43.6 | In the early morning of July 2nd, 1937, |
| 0:59.0 | Amelia Earhart was flying over the Pacific Ocean near the equator. All around her, nothing but water. |
| 1:03.0 | The famous aviator was near the end of her planned flight around the world. |
| 1:08.0 | Earhart had flown more than 22,000 miles in one month. |
| 1:12.6 | She had less than 7,000 to go. |
| 1:15.1 | In the back of her plane, a Lockheed Electra 10E sat her navigator, Fred Noonan. |
| 1:21.1 | Earhart and Noonan had taken off from the city of Ley, New Guinea, some 18 hours earlier. |
| 1:27.1 | They were heading to their next refueling stop, |
| 1:29.4 | a tiny island called Howland. |
| 1:32.0 | And they thought they were almost there. |
| 1:35.5 | Amelia Earhart radioed the U.S. Coast Guard ship |
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