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Research crew searching for Earhart plane reaches remote Pacific…

The expedition believes the island is where the aviator's lost plane came down; the team has now arrived to search, after nearly ninety years of mystery.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on The Midday Show
Published 12:35 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on this story, from The Midday Show at 12:35 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are NBC News's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by NBC News: “Research crew searching for Amelia Earhart plane arrives on remote island in South Pacific”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 12:35 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Amelia Earhart, Mexico Pacific, South.
BBN covered this story before: Paramount takes over Netflix's Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades… (October 13).

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAn expedition crew has reached a remote island in the South Pacific where they believe Amelia Earhart's lost plane may have ended up, nearly ninety years after she vanished.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNinety years. My lost umbrella has better odds than that plane.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNBC News reports they believe it, though, and I love a team that packs a shovel and a dream for a mystery that old.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA shovel. Every expedition ends with someone finding a very old cooler.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA cooler? Dale, if it's a cooler, I want to know what's inside.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWarm soda from nineteen thirty-seven, and a sandwich with its own opinions.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow a story that needs a different tone.

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