Possible Discovery of Amelia Earhart's Plane Near Howland Island

An ocean exploration company claims to have found what could be Amelia Earhart's plane, with plans to confirm the discovery this year.

A South Carolina-based ocean exploration company, Deep Sea Vision, claims to have potentially discovered Amelia Earhart's plane, using sonar technology to capture an airplane-shaped object 16,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean.
The discovery was made near Howland Island, where Earhart vanished in 1937 during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
Technical issues with hard drive data retrieval nearly caused the loss of the crucial sonar images, but the data was eventually recovered.
The findings have been taken to the Scripps Institute and the Smithsonian, which support the possibility that the wreckage belongs to Earhart's plane.
Plans are underway for a return expedition to the site for confirmation, with hopes to return this year.