Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane on remote island

But her plane vanished without a trace while trying to reach Howland Island, a remote, uninhabited coral island near Nikumaroro, to refuel.

The official explanation is that the plane suffered communication problems while the two struggled to find the island, and Earheart eventually crashed into the ocean when she ran out of fuel.

A team of researchers are on their way to a remote island to inspect what they think could be the wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart's plane.