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Search for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after storms

The expedition to the remote Pacific island lost three days to storms; searchers hope to uncover the wreckage of the American aviator's plane.

On air: Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on Weekend Edition
Published 11:25 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by BBC: “Search for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after stormy weather”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 11:25 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Amelia Earhart.
BBN covered this story before: Earhart Island Search Reaches Kiribati, Archaeologists Scouring Waters (October 17).

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BBCSearch for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after stormy weather

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOn a remote Pacific island this morning, an expedition hoping to find the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane has resumed its search after three days of stormy weather.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree days of storms. The island doesn't want to be found, Gloria. I'd say it's guilty.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAn island is not a suspect, Dale. It is a piece of rock, and the weather is simply the weather.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's exactly what a guilty rock would say. I've read the paperbacks, and I'd start by checking the beach.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe expedition has lost three days and found, so far, nothing it can show us.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSearchers have been at this a long time, and they are not hurrying on your account.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWonderful. A mystery that outlasts everyone who tries to solve it.

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