Another theory is that Earhart and Noonan might have flown without radio transmission for some time after their last radio signal, landing at uninhabited Nikumaroro reef, a tiny island in the ...
She flew north for a bit, found nothing, and backtracked, flying south until she eventually hit Gardner Island (now called ...
The two other prominent theories are that Earhart crash-landed on or near the then-Japanese Marshall Islands, or that she made it to Nikumaroro island near Kiribati and died a castaway there.
Another theory is that Earhart managed to pilot the plane to the island of Nikumaroro in Kiribati after swerving southeast, travelling a further 400 miles and crash landing. There, it is believed ...
It purportedly showed her Lockheed Electra protruding from the sea off Gardner Island (now known as Nikumaroro). This prompted a State Department announcement (made by Secretary of State Hillary ...
The International Historic Aircraft Recovery Group believes that Earhart ultimately landed on Gardner Island, a nearby deserted island that is now called Nikumaroro, when she couldn't locate ...