Search for Amelia Earhart’s plane continues after Taraia Object expedition on Nikumaroro rules out latest hypothesis

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“She kept flying, so we will keep searching.” —Steve Schultz, Purdue general counsel and expedition field assistant

The Taraia Object expedition has announced that it found no conclusive evidence that wreckage from Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E was in a lagoon on a remote atoll in the South Pacific.

However, Purdue has pledged to continue the search.

The expedition was comprised of team members from Purdue University, the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF), and the Archaeological Legacy Institute. Satellite imagery suggested a visual anomaly known as the Taraia Object could be the remains of Earhart’s plane.

“Perhaps no words better capture this expedition than Amelia Earhart’s own: ‘Adventure is worthwhile in itself,’” Schultz said. “While the Taraia Object did not prove to be what we hoped, the journey produced new discoveries, added to the world’s knowledge of Nikumaroro, and wrote another extraordinary chapter in a story of discovery and exploration.”

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