In 1937, the Coast Guard lost contact with the plane of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to cross the Atlantic by plane. Since then, the controversy about her death has not subsided.
Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan tried to make a round-the-world trip by plane, since then nothing is known about their fate. The remains of her plane were allegedly found last year. A study was published this week on remains found on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro in 1940, possibly belonging to Amelia. Study author Richard Jantz told LiveScience: “The analysis showed that Earhart matched more than 99% of the controls found. This confirms that we are facing Amelia Earhart."
The remains were already examined in 1941 and were then believed to belong to a white man 167 cm tall, which is much smaller than Earhart's height (175 cm). The second study was carried out in 1998, and its authors, using modern anthropological methods, were able to prove that the morphology and length of the bones correspond to the body of the pilot. To confirm the hypothesis, Amelia's clothes, numerous photographs and data from a driver's license were used.
Jantz adds: “Earhart was very tall and slender, her thigh structure may well have appeared to male early explorers. Many photographs show that she has a narrow waist and hips, which, combined with her height, makes her look like a man."
Tatiana Lehatkova