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

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The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.

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Both outlets frame the item as a search for answers about Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, with CBS News emphasizing archaeologists taking on “one of history’s greatest mysteries” and the BBC focusing on an expedition to a “suspected crash site” on a remote island. CBS also foregrounds Earhart’s ambition to become the first woman to fly around the globe, while the BBC alone mentions the team aiming to find her plane and solve the 1937 disappearance.

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