The disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart in 1937, a mystery that remains unsolved despite a new expedition

American archaeologist Richard Pettigrew's expedition to find Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage on Nikumaroro Island yielded no results, only tree debris. The search was based on satellite images suggesting the presence of an aircraft-like object, which turned out to be a mirage caused by coral sand covering submerged vegetation. Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Earhart was a pioneering aviator, known for being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.