Research crew travels to Pacific Ocean for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane

A research crew is traveling to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, hoping to find answers to the nearly century-old disappearance of one of America's most storied aviators. Fox's Caroline Elliott takes a look. The mystery behind Amelia Earhart's missing plane could be solved in a matter of days, according to researchers with Purdue University. We're still very early in the phases of our work. Maritime guys are trolling with the side-scan sonar. So hopefully we'll narrow in on this search and see what's there pretty soon. Earhart's plane disappeared over the Central Pacific Ocean almost a century ago in 1937, as she and her navigator were attempting to become the first people to fly around the world along the equator. They vanished 22,000 miles into the journey, and the wreckage has never been found. Everyone loves a mystery, and this is one of the great mysteries of history. But on top of that, she was such a striking and historic figure in her own right. So people have been wondering, looking, and theorizing about it ever since. Researchers say a visual anomaly found on satellite imagery led the team to the underwater search site. The area is so remote, it took five days at sea just to get there. No one's been there for many years. Our team is approaching it very carefully and scientifically. Among other obstacles, researchers are running into giant crabs all over the island. And by the way, they're carnivores when they want to be, so I wouldn't want to encounter one. And Purdue hopes to provide an update on the expedition sometime this week. In New York, Caroline Elliott, Fox 9.