Dick Spink, from Washington State, has spent $50,000 (£32,000) searching for Earhart's missing plane on Mili Atoll. The 53-year-old told National Geographic that his theory is based on eyewitness reports from the time of her doomed attempt to fly around the world in 1937. read more
On July 2, 1937, the Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific. read more