Explorer may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane in Pacific
It is believed Earhart ran out of fuel and landed the plane on the ocean surface and that the craft later sank to the bottom.
Renowned U.S. pilot Amelia Earhart is pictured in this 1928 photograph released on March 20, 2012. Scientists on March 20, 2012 announced a new search to resolve the disappearance of Earhart, saying fresh evidence from a remote Pacific island may reveal the fate of Earhart, who vanished in 1937 whi(photo credit: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/REUTERS)ByREUTERS