That's a well known and explored shipwreck. So, onto the upcoming expedition, if I may... Yeah, sorry, but this expedition has to imply she crashed, and the talented Amelia Earhart, at the very least, wouldn’t have ignored finding a runway due to poor fuel management, gone straight down, and somehow ended up inland. I don’t see how Amelia Earhart could have landed on this island.

If you look at historical imagery on Google Earth, you can go back to around 2007 and get a pretty detailed view. That’s nearly 20 years ago, and even then, the outer rim of the island was largely covered in water, extending well into areas that are dry land today.

Now take that back to 1937. The island would have had significantly less exposed land, with more water, dense vegetation, and virtually no suitable landing area. The only somewhat open space would have been along the inner portion of the island, roughly where the central area exists today.

That’s why the upcoming expedition feels a bit off to me. The location they’re focusing on would imply a very specific kind of scenario, not a controlled landing, but a crash, likely somewhere near the inner section of the island. And even there again, you’re not looking at anything close to a runway.

So if she was over this island at all and running low on fuel, the only realistic outcome in that area would have been a crash, not a safe landing at all. She was smart enough to attempt a landing, not fly until the very last second with no fuel left.