Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work Thursday; ID update expected in next 48 hours
October 15, 2026
October 15, 2026
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 15 -- Purdue University posted the following news release:
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Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work Thursday; ID update expected in next 48 hours
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NIKUMARORO, Kiribati -- Severe weather in the South Pacific prevented members of the Taraia Object expedition team from going ashore Thursday (Oct. 15), temporarily pausing field operations in the search for what could be Amelia Earhart's Lockhe . . .
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Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work Thursday; ID update expected in next 48 hours
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NIKUMARORO, Kiribati -- Severe weather in the South Pacific prevented members of the Taraia Object expedition team from going ashore Thursday (Oct. 15), temporarily pausing field operations in the search for what could be Amelia Earhart's Lockhe . . .