An expedition team is set to launch a two-week long search later this month to try and find plane wreckage and other artifacts belonging to Amelia Earhart and her flight navigator Fred Noonan; their target area is Nikumaroro island in the western Pacific Ocean.

After nearly 80 years, the disappearance of female flight pioneer Amelia Earhart continues to fascinate people. 
In fact, later this month The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, or TIGHAR, plans to conduct a 2-week long, 14-person expedition to search for evidence related to her disappearance. 
Their targeted search area is the western Pacific island of Nikumaroro. A remote-controlled deep underwater syst