Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared after taking off from Lae, New Guinea at midnight on July 2, 1937 in Earhart's small plane. They had last reported their position at 8:14 p.m. and did not make radio contact again. The U.S. Coast Guard began searching for clues as to what happened to Earhart and Noonan, wondering if exhaustion, running out of fuel, or other factors led to their disappearance.
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared after taking off from Lae, New Guinea at midnight on July 2, 1937 in Earhart's small plane. They had last reported their position at 8:14 p.m. and did not make radio contact again. The U.S. Coast Guard began searching for clues as to what happened to Earhart and Noonan, wondering if exhaustion, running out of fuel, or other factors led to their disappearance.
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Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared after taking off from Lae, New Guinea at midnight on July 2, 1937 in Earhart's small plane. They had last reported their position at 8:14 p.m. and did not make radio contact again. The U.S. Coast Guard began searching for clues as to what happened to Earhart and Noonan, wondering if exhaustion, running out of fuel, or other factors led to their disappearance.
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--LAE, NEW GUINEA, July, 2, 1937. Amelia Earhart’s small plane left the island of Lae at exactly 12:00 midnight. She was not alone on the flight, but she and Fred Noonan, her navigator, were very tired. She reported her last position at 8:14 p.m. After that, she did not make radio contact again. Why did they dissapear? Were they exhausted? Did they run out of gas? The U.S. Coast Guard started its search for the answer at 10:15 P.M.