Some people think that aliens might have abducted Earhart and Noonan.

The plane suddenly lost contact with air traffic control.

She beat the previous transatlantic record by three hours.

Flying across the Pacific Ocean is a greater distance than a transatlantic crossing.

Earhart's most daring journey was in 1937 when she attempted to fly round the world.

She had to make an emergency landing in a field in Ireland.

They had reported over the radio that they were short of fuel.

The plane could have been blown up in mid-air.

They may have been US spies on a secret mission.

A navigator plans the direction in which a plane, ship or car should travel.

Neither of them knew much about the radio equipment on the aircraft.

A pioneer is the first person to do something important that other people continue later.

Amelia Earhart was a record-breaking American pilot.

There was a massive search operation, so why wasn't the plane found?

Some people think the Japanese might have shoot down their plane.

Earhart had reported over the radio that they were short of fuel.

They were driving to New York City in a snowstorm when Mrs Wright disappeared.

Earhart was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic.

She was also the first person to fly solo across the Pacific.

There has been a great deal of speculation about what could have happened to them.

They may have been US spies on a secret mission.

No trace of the aircraft was ever found.

It can't have blown up in mid air because it had used up most of its fuel.