Eerie images reveal Amelia Earhart’s ’final resting place’ 87 years after crash

AN explorer believes he found Amelia Earhart’s plane 87 years after she vanished on a mission to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. Tony Romeo, a former Air Force intelligence officer and CEO of Deep Sea Vision, shared images of what he claims is Earhart’s plane on the ocean floor. In July 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noon, planned to land on Howland Island to refuel during their 2,500-mile flight around the world, however, they disappeared. Two years later, she was declared dead. Investigators in the United States concluded that her plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, but her remains were never found. “For her to go missing was just unthinkable,” Romeo said. “Imagine Taylor Swift just disappearing today.” Explorer Romeo sold his commercial real estate properties to fund an 100-day, $11 million deep-sea expedition last year. His team of underwater archaeologists and marine robotics experts used high-tech gear to sea