# It ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank.

> Most likely: It ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank.

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# It ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank.

It ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The wreck lies on the seabed near Howland, within the radius the signal strength and fuel allow.
- No post-loss signal came from the aircraft, since the transmitter could not operate from the water.

## What would rule it out

- Aircraft wreckage identified elsewhere, or a post-loss transmission proven to be from the Electra.

## Evidence 2 for · 2 against

[The 08:43 message was heard at strength five, implying the aircraft was close to Howland with little fuel.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMVER4HR6/the-08-43-message-was-heard-at-strength-five-implying-the)

Supported

FOR

[The Navy's 1937 conclusion and the simplest reading of the radio log.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMVPJ76H6/the-navys-1937-conclusion-and-the-simplest-reading-of-the)

Supported

FOR

[About 3,610 square miles of seabed near Howland have been searched by sonar without result.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMVYC7GKS/about-3-610-square-miles-of-seabed-near-howland-have-been)

Supported

AGAINST

[Some post-loss receptions are rated credible and Pan Am bearings crossed near the Phoenix Islands.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/evidence/EVD0CYPMW6676QA/some-post-loss-receptions-are-rated-credible-and-pan-am)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where did the Electra come down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amelia-earhart/questions/QST0CYPMTFG0SXJ/where-did-the-electra-come-down)

Most likelyIt ran out of fuel and ditched at sea within about a hundred miles of Howland, and sank

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