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Expedition hopes to find Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island

Earhart disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe; the expedition joins decades of fruitless search efforts.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new expedition is heading to a remote Pacific island to look for Amelia Earhart's plane. She vanished in nineteen thirty-seven.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCordell Abernathy ran ferries out there for years.

  3. Cordell AbernathyEvening, Hank. I know that coast like my own kitchen. The plane is not hard to find if you know where to look.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEighty-nine years, and nobody has found it. Where do you look?

  5. Cordell AbernathyWell, you start at the reef, then you check the cupboard by the toaster. Same principle.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe toaster.

  7. Cordell AbernathySorry, the tide. Habit. I know that island like I know my fridge. Cold, and full of things you forgot.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCordell. Have you actually been to this island?

  9. Cordell AbernathyBeen near it. Spiritually. My tackle box has been near it. It's right here. Rusty, but honest.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the plane is in the tackle box?

  11. Cordell AbernathyNo! I haven't opened the bottom tray yet.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bottom tray.

  13. Cordell AbernathyEverybody laughs, then I find it behind the dish rack. Like a woman's whole airplane, I'd bet my life.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA team of explorers is sailing for days, and your theory is a dish rack.

  15. Cordell AbernathyLook, the experts have a boat. I have a drawer. Only one of us has found anything this year.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat did you find?

  17. Cordell AbernathyA birthday candle and a fork. Nothing else yet. I'll keep you posted.

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast question. Where did you last see your own car keys?

  19. Cordell AbernathyThe drawer.

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