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intheflow

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26. No biggie. Just check your source next time.

Mon Jan 29, 2024, 03:50 PM

Jan 2024

Only takes a second more to visit the Wikipedia page to confirm basic stuff like this. If you prefer, you can use the free online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I’m a librarian, these are resources I use myself on a regular basis.

http://britannica.com/

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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims [View all] Kennah Jan 2024 OP

It's always somewhere Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #1

this is an image of what they found moonshinegnomie Jan 2024 #45

Looks like a "swept wing aircraft" to this admittedly untrained observer. Not what she was flying. RussellCattle Jan 2024 #52

I See A Documentary Film Being Made Of This Find - Coming To The History Channel....nt global1 Jan 2024 #2

It'll last over eight years while the searchers get closer than ever each week. marble falls Jan 2024 #6

History Channel? PJMcK Jan 2024 #17

The once magnificent History Channel, now the Pseudo-History Channel. tanyev Jan 2024 #50

My computer tells me the Pacific is only about 11,00 feet deep. Model35mech Jan 2024 #3

Your computer needs updating sarisataka Jan 2024 #5

The Mariana Trench is 36,000 feet below surface. lastlib Jan 2024 #8

WAS THE SONAR TARGET FOUND IN THE MARIANA TRENCH? Model35mech Jan 2024 #10

No it wasn't canetoad Jan 2024 #30

It averages about 14,000 feet deep, but the deepest spot is almost 37,000 feet. Chainfire Jan 2024 #9

wELL, i ASKED AND THE REPLY i GOT WAS 11k Model35mech Jan 2024 #11

Sounds really serious. Torchlight Jan 2024 #12

Post removed Post removed Jan 2024 #14

Of course. Torchlight Jan 2024 #15

Maybe it was a door buzzard. ms liberty Jan 2024 #19

Nobody is jumping in your shit, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #23

I hate jumping in people's shit orangecrush Jan 2024 #42

LOL. MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #43

No biggie. Just check your source next time. intheflow Jan 2024 #26

And that was so important you had to shout it Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2024 #39

Check again ... marble falls Jan 2024 #13

This isn't really the point... brooklynite Jan 2024 #25

I wonder what is the total number of airplanes resting on the floor of Pacific? Chainfire Jan 2024 #4

Given the location sarisataka Jan 2024 #16

They should've had Sully Sullenberger on their side. Bucky Jan 2024 #31

She had DB Cooper as her co-pilot - at least that's what I read on Xitter. Probatim Jan 2024 #35

And in a major city Kennah Jan 2024 #59

Wouldn't it just corrode away in the saltwater after all these years? struggle4progress Jan 2024 #7

Well, the Titanic is still down there PJMcK Jan 2024 #18

The Titanic is certainly corroding struggle4progress Jan 2024 #22

I don't think so, the plane is made mostly of aluminum, and at those depths, there is little oxygen and it is very cold. Chainfire Jan 2024 #21

Ahh yes, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #24

"Exposed, unfinished aluminum reacts strongly with chloride ions. Within weeks, the chemistry struggle4progress Jan 2024 #60

Here is a photo of a plane that has been underwater for nearly 80 years. Chainfire Jan 2024 #61

Human bones will corrode away. Metal lasts significantly longer Bucky Jan 2024 #33

Maybe. johnp3907 Jan 2024 #55

This is cool. ShadesOfBlue Jan 2024 #20

I hope she's okay Johonny Jan 2024 #27

The Titanic would have never sunk if Trump had been president. He knows how to make a deal with icebergs Bucky Jan 2024 #34

Seems like every couple of years they find her plane. 🤔🙄 nt Raine Jan 2024 #28

There are more than a few planes probably down in that area. My dad was lucky to have survived the war. He was in a car brewens Jan 2024 #29

Wow! He WAS lucky! deurbano Jan 2024 #38

You are right! LeftInTX Jan 2024 #49

If anyone's interested canetoad Jan 2024 #32

According to TIGHAR... CSTeacher Jan 2024 #41

I've done a very quick search canetoad Jan 2024 #54

TIGHAR Statement CSTeacher Jan 2024 #62

No worries! canetoad Jan 2024 #63

I wonder if they could use this technology to find MH370 hauckeye Jan 2024 #36

Sure looks like it to me edbermac Jan 2024 #37

Well that certainly nails it! WestMichRad Jan 2024 #44

And the round object in the lower left is clearly the UFO they collided with before crashing petronius Jan 2024 #56

I am not sure I care at this point. twodogsbarking Jan 2024 #40

I am always amazed at how incurious American presidents are. former9thward Jan 2024 #46

I've heard there's this super high tech carbon fiber submersible that can go retrieve it... WarGamer Jan 2024 #47

The Glomar Explorer retrieved the K-129, a soviet nuclear submarine from 16,000 feet Brother Buzz Jan 2024 #48

I'll bet there's already a waiting list of rich folks kskiska Jan 2024 #51

Amelia Earhart's Last Flight/Anne Price & Marilyn Maltzer cbabe Jan 2024 #53

Why in the world would they say this unless... Jacson6 Jan 2024 #57

yeah let me know when they send a sub down there and get an actual picture....... Takket Jan 2024 #58