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Expedition Amelia

So why would the landing gear survive on the reef and not the Rest of the plane? Ric...

Narrator: So why would the landing gear survive on the reef and not the Rest of the plane? Ric believes it may have been knocked loose during the rough landing, Similar to what happened on takeoff in hawaii

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Narrator: So why would the landing gear survive on the reef and not the
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Rest of the plane?
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Ric believes it may have been knocked loose during the rough landing,
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Similar to what happened on takeoff in hawaii.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:25
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
Gillespie: In hawaii, the right main landing gear separated from the airplane - Expedition Amelia 00:10
Gillespie: In hawaii, the right main landing gear separated ...
Narrator: By the time bevington took his picture, - Expedition Amelia 00:08
Narrator: By the time bevington took his picture,
If so, it could still be here. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
If so, it could still be here.
With nautilus' stern now a little too close to the reef, - Expedition Amelia 00:14
With nautilus' stern now a little too close to the re...
Probably half of it will be solved by drones. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
Probably half of it will be solved by drones.
Narrator: The drones' high-resolution cameras can image from the reef to several - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Narrator: The drones' high-resolution cameras can image...
Ballard: And then we've got divers taking it deeper to where they meet up - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Ballard: And then we've got divers taking it deeper to ...
Narrator: But though nikumaroro's reef is protected and teeming with life, - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: But though nikumaroro's reef is protected and...
Narrator: It's another blow, - Expedition Amelia 00:49
Narrator: It's another blow,
Tracey: She looked middle class enough, wholesome enough, - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Tracey: She looked middle class enough, wholesome enough,
She was the image of the modern woman that they wanted to project. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
She was the image of the modern woman that they wanted to pr...
Narrator: Putnam arranges the flight for June 1928, one year after lindbergh. - Expedition Amelia 00:16
Narrator: Putnam arranges the flight for June 1928, one y...
Narrator: The pilot would be wilmer stoltz. - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: The pilot would be wilmer stoltz.
No matter. - Expedition Amelia 00:22
No matter.
Reporter (over radio): Two months before she had been saving her money for brief - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Reporter (over radio): Two months before she had been sav...
Narrator: And so far, bob has been doing his best to avoid its disintegrating remains. - Expedition Amelia 00:08
Narrator: And so far, bob has been doing his best to avoid...
Narrator: By day eight he's found plenty of iron from the ship but not a single - Expedition Amelia 00:11
Narrator: By day eight he's found plenty of iron from...
Narrator: Now he's trying a new strategy, following the river of debris down slope in - Expedition Amelia 00:10
Narrator: Now he's trying a new strategy, following t...
Ballard: We can see the drainage pattern of all the debris coming off the - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Ballard: We can see the drainage pattern of all the debris c...
Narrator: They trace the iron debris down to about 1,300 feet, - Expedition Amelia 00:28
Narrator: They trace the iron debris down to about 1,300 ...