一支由普渡大学资助的17人考古探险队正前往太平洋偏远地区，寻找1937年失踪的著名飞行员埃米莉亚·埃尔哈特的飞机残骸1。该队由考古学家理查德·彼得格鲁领导，预计当地时间周二到达基里巴斯的尼库马罗环礁，展开数天的搜索工作1。
此次搜索基于卫星图像发现，图像显示在岛屿沙质泻湖中存在一处水下物体，被研究人员称为"塔拉亚物体"，最初在2020年的卫星图像中被识别1。埃尔哈特及其领航员弗雷德·农南在1937年失踪时年仅39岁1。普渡大学曾资助了埃尔哈特的最后一次飞行1。
然而，该物体的真实身份仍存疑。探险组织TIGHAR的联合创始人里克·吉莱斯皮认为，这处物体可能只是落入泻湖的树木而非飞机残骸1。TIGHAR曾在2001年和2007年用金属探测器搜索过该地点1。
A team of 17 archaeologists and researchers supported by Purdue University is traveling to a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to search for the remains of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart's aircraft, which disappeared in 1937.1 Led by archaeologist Richard Pettigrew, the expedition is investigating an underwater object visible in satellite imagery located in the sandy lagoon of Nikumaroro Atoll in Kiribati.1 The object, known as the "Taraia object," was first identified in satellite images in 2020.1 The team is expected to arrive at Nikumaroro on Tuesday local time to conduct several days of search operations.1
Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished during their attempt to circumnavigate the globe when they were 39 years old.1 Purdue University, which previously funded Earhart's final flight, is backing the current search effort.1 However, skepticism persists about the discovery's potential significance. Rick Gillespie, co-founder of the exploration organization TIGHAR, has suggested the underwater object may be a tree that fell into the lagoon rather than aircraft wreckage.1 TIGHAR previously searched the site using metal detectors in 2001 and 2007.1
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