Read previewA relative of Amelia Earhart agrees that a recent sonar image could show the iconic pilot's long-vanished aircraft. It sure looks like a plane," Kleppner told The Times of London. AdvertisementEarhart and Noonan likely disappeared about 100 miles from Howland Island, near the site of the sonar images. Romeo and his team hope to retrieve the Electra from a depth of 16,400 feet if it proves to be Earhart's plane. AdvertisementThere's no guarantee it's been found, expert saysA map of the location where Earhart's plane is believed to have gone missing along her presumed flight path.

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Persons: —, Amelia Earhart, Bram Kleppner, Amelia Earhart's, Earhart, Fred Noonan, Kleppner, Amy Kleppner, Amelia, who's, Tony Romeo, Romeo, it's, Lockheed Electra, Noonan, we've, Katherine Tangalakis, David Jourdan, Andrew Pietruszka, Jourdan Organizations: Service, Business, Times, Lockheed, Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, Bettmann, US Air Force, Street Journal, Electra, Getty, CNN, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Locations: London, Atchinson , Kansas, Washington, Howland Island, California