Many researchers believe that Earhart and Noonan ran out of fuel and ditched the Electra in the ocean where they were incapacitated by the ditching, and drowned when the Electra sank beneath the surface.
Earhart and Noonan ran out of fuel. This is what many researchers believe. Earhart and Noonan ditched the Electra in the ocean. This is what many researchers believe. They were incapacitated by the ditching. Earhart and Noonan drowned. This is what many researchers believe. The Electra sank beneath the surface.