The documentary states of the Gardner Island hypothesis that "It's a nice story. Operators across the Pacific and the United States may have heard signals from the downed Electra but these were unintelligible or weak. We will repeat this message. Earhart apparently did not understand the limitations of the RDF equipment. [Note 28], There were problems with the RDF equipment during the world flight. Amelia Mary Earhart was born July 24, 1897, in Atchison, to Samuel Edwin Stanton and Amelia (Otis) Earhart. The family moved from Kansas to Iowa to Minnesota to Illinois, where Earhart graduated from high school. [141], With the aircraft severely damaged, the flight was called off and the aircraft was shipped by sea to the Lockheed Burbank facility for repairs.[142]. [149] Itasca heard Earhart on 3105kHz, but did not hear her on 6210kHz. Then Came a Startling Clue", "The Amelia Earhart Mystery Stays Down in the Deep", "The Earhart Project Research Document #13 Gallagher's Ninth Progress Report October December, 1940", "The Origin of the Nikumaroro Sextant Box: An Assessment of the Nikumaroro Hypothesis", "The Earhart Project Research Document #12 The Bones Chronology", "Brandis Sextant Taxonomy, Part Six: U.S. Navy Sextant Specifications", "Sextant box found on Nikumaroro - TIGHAR", "The Earhart Project Research Document #12 The Bones Chronology, Cont", "DNA tests on bone fragment inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search", "Amelia Earhart's Bones and Shoes? ", "Amelia Earhart's Flight Across America: Rediscovering a Legend. [Note 31]. Edwin was a railroad lawyer. Alfred Otis had not initially favored the marriage and was not satisfied with Edwin's progress as a lawyer.[15]. The transmitter had been modified at the factory to provide the 500kHz capability. [192][Note 39][193][Note 40] Sporadic signals were reported for four or five days after the disappearance but none yielded any understandable information. All of the navigation methods would fail to guide Earhart to Howland Island. [100] There was no honeymoon for the newlyweds, as Earhart was involved in a nine-day cross-country tour promoting autogyros and the tour sponsor, Beech-Nut chewing gum. ", "Public to get first look at Amelia Earhart's private life. [Note 29] The radio direction finding station at Darwin expected to be in contact with Earhart when she arrived there, but Earhart stated that the RDF was not functioning; the problem was a blown fuse. In part, we remember her because she's our favorite missing person."[172]. [28], In 1915, after a long search, Earhart's father found work as a clerk at the Great Northern Railway in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Earhart entered Central High School as a junior. Table of Biography [ show] Early Life and Childhood [136] Under poor navigational conditions, Manning's position was off by 20 miles. [38] Chronic sinusitis significantly affected Earhart's flying and activities in later life,[40] and sometimes even on the airfield she was forced to wear a bandage on her cheek to cover a small drainage tube. Cemetery office confirmed that Mr. Earhart was cremated on September 25, 1930 at the Forest Lawn in Glendale. This post will be covering some of the basic information about Amelia Josephine Harres Otis and Alfred Gideon Otis, Amelia Earhart's maternal grandparents. Amelia had a sister named Muriel. May 18, 2016. The tuner on the antenna was also marked with five settings, 1 to 5, but, critically, these were not the same frequency bands as the corresponding bands on the radio. Amy Otis Earhart was born in 1869. Manning, the only skilled radio operator, had made arrangements to use radio direction finding to home in to the island. At the time her mother, Amy Otis Earhart, and sister, Muriel Earhart Morrissey, lived in the Brooks Street house. [Note 12] Another flyer, Jacqueline Cochran, who was said to be Earhart's rival, also became her confidante during this period. The initial contract was for 12 hours of instruction, for $500. Celebrity endorsements helped Earhart finance her flying. Her sister Grace Earhart, was born two years later. During the takeoff run, there was an uncontrolled ground-loop, the forward landing gear collapsed, both propellers hit the ground, the plane skidded on its belly, and a portion of the runway was damaged. Itasca had its own RDF equipment, but that equipment did not work above 550kHz,[149] so Itasca could not determine the direction to the Electra's HF transmissions at 3105 and 6210kHz. She wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, and essays, and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [128], In September 1935, Earhart and Mantz formally established a business partnership that they had been considering since late 1934, by creating the short-lived Earhart-Mantz Flying School, which Mantz controlled and operated through his aviation company, United Air Services. She had called a meeting of female pilots in 1929 following the Women's Air Derby. She was the elder of Edwin Stanton and Amy Otis Earhart's two daughters. ", "Life Hero of the Week Profile: Amelia Earhart; First Lady of the Sky. The Purdue University Amelia Earhart Scholarship, first awarded in 1940, is based on academic merit and leadership and is open to juniors and seniors enrolled in any school at the West Lafayette campus. [73] Rather than simply endorsing the products, Earhart actively became involved in the promotions, especially in women's fashions. In 1928, Earhart became the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane (accompanying pilot Wilmer Stultz), for which she achieved celebrity status. Bearings taken by Pan American Airways stations suggested signals originating from several locations, including Gardner Island (Nikumaroro), 360 miles (580km) to the SSE. The Importance of Amelia Earhart. [178] It was at this point that the radio operators on the Itasca realized that their RDF system could not tune in the aircraft's 3105kHz frequency; radioman Leo Bellarts later commented that he "was sitting there sweating blood because I couldn't do a darn thing about it." [149] One likely theory is that Earhart's RDF equipment did not work at 7500kHz; most RDF equipment at the time was not designed to work above 2000kHz. Gallagher stated that the "Bones look more than four years old to me but there seems to be very slight chance that this may be remains of Amelia Earhart." "Constructor's Number 1055", an airframe identifier. Subscribe to Iconic: http://bit.ly/zVEuIYAmelia Earhart explaining her flight and the welcome she received. Edwin was a lawyer and served as the dean of the Ohio Northern University College of Law. The plane was built at Lockheed's Burbank, California, plant, and after delivery it was hangared at Mantz's United Air Services, which was just across the airfield from the Lockheed plant. Amelia Earhart. At this stage, about 22,000 miles (35,000km) of the journey had been completed. [264][265], A number of Earhart's relatives have been convinced that the Japanese were somehow involved in Amelia's disappearance, citing unnamed witnesses including Japanese troops and Saipan natives. Quote: "She vanished nearly 60 years ago, but fascination with Amelia Earhart continues through each new generation. [77] On April 8, 1931,[87][88] she set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet (5,613m) flying a Pitcairn PCA-2[89] autogyro borrowed from Beech-Nut Chewing Gum. Their intended destination was Howland Island (04824N 1763659W / 0.80667N 176.61639W / 0.80667; -176.61639),[148] a flat sliver of land 6,500ft (2,000m) long and 1,600ft (500m) wide, 10ft (3m) high and 2,556 miles (2,221nmi; 4,113km) away. The height of the antenna is important, a horizontally polarized antenna operating at a small fraction of its wavelength above the ground will be less efficient than that same antenna operating at. [221] Gallagher did a more thorough search of the discovery area, including looking for artifacts such as rings. The landing was witnessed by Cecil King and T. Sawyer. This library also holds the Amy Otis Earhart Papers. It consists largely of materials saved by her sister, Muriel Earhart Morrissey. [208], During the 1970s, retired USN captain Laurance Safford began a lengthy analysis of the flight. "The Autogiro Flies the Mail! In 1909, when the family was finally reunited in Des Moines, the Earhart children were enrolled in public school for the first time and Amelia, 12, entered seventh grade. In the "R" position for the DU-1, the antenna signal is capacitively connected (via, Noonan wrote a letter on June 8, 1937, stating the RDF did not work when closing with Africa. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum presents Madison Paul. She married Samuel Edwin Stanton Earhart on 16 October 1895, in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States. At the second to last stop at Columbus, her friend Ruth Nichols, who was coming in third, had an accident while on a test flight before the race recommenced. [6] Earhart was a vigorous advocate for female pilots and when the 1934 Bendix Trophy Race banned women, she openly refused to fly screen actress Mary Pickford to Cleveland to open the races. [227] Hoodless also wrote that "it may be definitely stated that the skeleton is that of a MALE. The lagoon at Gardner looked sufficiently deep and certainly large enough so that a seaplane or even an airboat could have landed or takenoff [sic] in any direction with little if any difficulty. When a farm hand asked, "Have you flown far?" No independent confirmation has ever emerged for any of these claims. [208] Based on these facts, and the lack of additional signals from Earhart, the Coast Guard first responders initiating the search concluded that she ran out of fuel somewhere very close to and north of Howland. "[218] Most people associate Amelia Earhart with aviation, worldwide fame and her mysterious disappearance in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world. He was ordered to send the remains to Fiji. [63], After Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amy Guest (18731959) expressed interest in being the first woman to fly (or be flown) across the Atlantic Ocean. [Note 24][Note 25] It is not clear that such a receiver was installed, and if it were, it may have been removed before the flight. Amelia Earhart videotape collection. Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), noted American aviation pioneer, and author. "[53], The next month Earhart recruited Neta Snook to be her flying instructor. George had contracted polio shortly after his parents' separation and was unable to visit as often. [94], Earhart was engaged to Samuel Chapman, a chemical engineer from Boston; she broke off the engagement on November 23, 1928. Manning, who was on the first world flight attempt but not the second, was skilled at Morse and had acquired an FCC aircraft radiotelegraph license for 15 words per minute in March 1937, just prior to the start of the first flight.[134]. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, the daughter of Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart. She was a Vice President of National Airways, which conducted the flying operations of the Boston-Maine Airways and several other airlines in the northeast. Earhart asked, The plane apparently only heard transmissions on 7500kHz, but. An RA-1B receiver has a band that stops at 1500kHz; the next band starts at 1800kHz (A model frequency range) or 2500kHz (B model) (see. While the family's finances seemingly improved with the acquisition of a new house and even the hiring of two servants, it soon became apparent that Edwin was an alcoholic. The flight never left Luke Field. Amelia Earhart Earthwork in Warnock Lake Park, Atchison, Kansas. [4] She set many other records,[3][Note 2] was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.[6]. Artifacts discovered by TIGHAR on Nikumaroro have included improvised tools, an aluminum panel, an oddly cut piece of clear Plexiglas, and a size-9 woman's shoe heel. ", "Parks Airport Lockheed Vega 5C Special NX/NR/NC965Y. The Gardner Island hypothesis assumes that Earhart and Noonan, unable to find Howland Island, would not waste time searching for it, instead turning to the south to look for other islands. While at work one afternoon in April 1928, Earhart got a phone call from Capt. [Note 34] Even if Itasca could get a bearing to the plane, the Itasca could not tell the plane that bearing, so the plane could not head to the ship. Although others had flown around the world, her flight would be the longest at 29,000 miles (47,000km) because it followed a roughly equatorial route. Reuther, Ronald T. and William T. Larkins. [19] Although the love of the outdoors and "rough-and-tumble" play was common to many youngsters, some biographers have characterized the young Earhart as a tomboy. Ultimately, the Electra ended up at the United States Navy's Luke Field on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. Amelia's childhood was perfect until her father became an alcoholic in 1914, Amelia's mother split with her husband and took her children with her, due to this Amelia didn't have a relationship with her father; along the way they told her that she wouldn't . The many scattered clouds in the area around Howland Island have also been cited as a problem: their dark shadows on the ocean surface may have been almost indistinguishable from the island's subdued and very flat profile. [152], Around 3pm Lae time, Earhart reported her altitude as 10,000ft but that they would reduce altitude due to thick clouds. She completed the flight without incident on July 11, 2014. The remaining 7,000 miles (11,000km) would be over the Pacific. Amelia Earhart waded into the Pacific Ocean and climbed into her downed and disabled Lockheed Electra. [Note 46] Almost no communications were transmitted to the plane. In her final hours, she even relaxed and listened to "the broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera from New York".[117]. Amelia Earhart was the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart. In probate court in Los Angeles, Putnam requested to have the "declared death in absentia" seven-year waiting period waived so that he could manage Earhart's finances. The documentary also said that physical evidence recovered from Mili matches pieces that could have fallen off an Electra during a crash or subsequent overland move to a barge. Earhart was the second child of the marriage after an infant was stillborn in August 1896. If the vacuum tube is not powered, there would only be stray coupling. Some sources have noted Earhart's apparent lack of understanding of her direction-finding system, which had been fitted to the aircraft just prior to the flight. ", "Amelia Earhart's disappearance still haunts her stepson, 83. The pair departed Miami on June 1 and after numerous stops in South America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, arrived at Lae, New Guinea, on June 29, 1937. Presumably, the plane reached the parallel sun line and started searching for Howland on that line of position. After flying with Earhart, Roosevelt obtained a student permit but did not further pursue her plans to learn to fly. Whether any post-loss radio signals were received from Earhart and Noonan remains unclear. In 1907, Amelia's father Edwin Earhart was transferred to Des Moines, Iowa. NR16020) was built at Lockheed Aircraft Company to her specifications, which included extensive modifications to the fuselage to incorporate many additional fuel tanks. [126][127] Earhart and Putnam would not move in immediately, however; they decided to do considerable remodeling and enlarge the existing small structure to meet their needs. [90][91][92][93], During this period, Earhart became involved with The Ninety-Nines, an organization of female pilots providing moral support and advancing the cause of women in aviation. Amelia era hija de Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867-1930) y Amelia "Amy" Earhart (nacida Otis) (1869-1962). (the familiar name she went by with family and friends). In addition, "blinding fog"[122] and violent thunderstorms plagued the race. [194][Note 41] The captain of USSColorado later said: "There was no doubt many stations were calling the Earhart plane on the plane's frequency, some by voice and others by signals. In 2004, an archaeological dig at the site failed to turn up any bones. For a number of years she had sewn her own clothes, but the "active living" lines that were sold in 50 stores such as Macy's in metropolitan areas were an expression of a new Earhart image. [20] The girls kept "worms, moths, katydids and a tree toad"[21] in a growing collection gathered in their outings. [29] She eventually enrolled in Hyde Park High School but spent a miserable semester where a yearbook caption captured the essence of her unhappiness, "A.E. UCI Irvine Amelia Earhart Award (since 1990). Su abuelo, Alfred Gideon Otis, era un prominente juez federal retirado, que pensaba que el padre . There is no identification on the backs. ", Quote: " the judge nevertheless adored his brave and intelligent granddaughter and in her [Earhart's] love of adventure, she seemed to have inherited his pioneering spirit.". The first calls, routine reports stating the weather as cloudy and overcast, were received at 2:45 and just before 5am on July 2. Two notable memorial flights by female aviators subsequently followed Earhart's original circumnavigational route. Amelia Earhart Middle School. and a realistic portrait of a legendary woman. Pas buena parte de su infancia en Atchison con sus abuelos maternos, quienes le proporcionaron un estilo de vida lleno de comodidades. [272], In 1990, Donald Angwin, a veteran of the Australian Army's World War II campaign in New Britain, contacted researchers to suggest that a wrecked aircraft he had witnessed in jungle about 40 miles (64km) southwest of Rabaul, on April 17, 1945, may have been Earhart's Electra. Amelia preferred the more benign weather of the west coast for flying and based her later years' operation from California rather than the east coast. She received the United States Distinguished Flying Cross for this accomplishment. FDR himself had to respond to accusations that the search was justified. When Amelia "Amy" Jane Otis was born on 28 February 1869, in Atchison, Kansas, United States, her father, Alfred Gideon Otis, was 41 and her mother, Amelia Josephine Harres, was 32. Putnam said upper limit was 1400kHz; Long and Long say 1430kHz; on 26 June 1937 1930GMT, San Francisco station of the Coast Guard quote Earhart: "Following information from Earhart this date quote homing device covers from 200 to 1500 and 2400 to 4800kHz any frequencies not repeat not near ends of bands suitable unquote". Elgen M. and Marie K. Long consider Manning's performance reasonable because it was within an acceptable error of 30 miles, but Mantz and Putnam wanted a better navigator.[137]. Fewer may realize that the record-setting pilot flew an experimental aircraft across Wyoming and made plans for a vacation home in the mountains above Meeteetse. Dr. Carlene Mendieta flew an original Avro Avian, the same type that was used in 1928. Setting off on May 8, her flight was uneventful, although the large crowds that greeted her at Newark, New Jersey, were a concern,[120] because she had to be careful not to taxi into the throng. Proposals have included the uninhabited Gardner Island, 400mi (640km) from the vicinity of Howland, the Japanese-controlled Marshall Islands, 870mi (1,400km) at the closest point of Mili Atoll, and the Japanese-controlled Northern Mariana Islands, 2,700mi (4,300km) from Howland. It should also be noted that questioners who spell her last name . In 1895, after several years of courtship, AO married Edwin Stanton Earhart (ESE), a poor, young lawyer who had yet to prove himself truly worthy to the Otises' satisfaction. "[205][Note 48] At 8:43 AM, Earhart reported, "We are on the line 157 337. One of the Phoenix Islands, known as Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro), has been the subject of inquiry as a possible crash-landing site. Bernt Balchen had been instrumental in other transatlantic and Arctic record-breaking flights during that period. [76] Accepting a position as associate editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, she turned this forum into an opportunity to campaign for greater public acceptance of aviation, especially focusing on the role of women entering the field. [230][240][241] They have suggested that Earhart and Noonan may have flown without further radio transmissions[242] for two and a half hours along the line of position Earhart noted in her last transmission received at Howland, then found the then-uninhabited Gardner Island, landed the Electra on an extensive reef flat near the wreck of a large freighter (the SS Norwich City) on the northwest side of the atoll, and ultimately perished. Amelia Mary Earhart born July 24, 1897; missing July 2, 1937; declared legally dead January 5, 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. In a back bedroom on the second floor of this house, Amy Otis Earhart gave birth to Amelia on July 24, 1897. [151] Crystal control means that the transmitter cannot be tuned to other frequencies; the plane could transmit only on those three frequencies. After trying her hand at a number of ventures that included setting up a photography company, Earhart set out in a new direction.[58]. Hoodless wrote that the skeleton "could be that of a short, stocky, muscular European, or even a half-caste, or person of mixed European descent." [175] Earhart's only training on the system was a brief introduction by Joe Gurr at the Lockheed factory, and the topic had not come up. Roosevelt shared many of Earhart's interests and passions, especially women's causes. Through contacts in the Los Angeles aviation community, Fred Noonan was subsequently chosen as a second navigator because there were significant additional factors that had to be dealt with while using celestial navigation for aircraft. "[183] Earhart's transmissions seemed to indicate she and Noonan believed they had reached Howland's charted position, which was incorrect by about five nautical miles (10km). Earhart's mother also provided part of the $1,000 "stake" against her "better judgement". The book's publisher, McGraw-Hill, withdrew the book from the market shortly after it was released and court records indicate that the company reached an out-of-court settlement with her. [273], Pacific Wrecks, a website that documents World War II-era aircraft crash sites, notes that no Electra has been reported lost in or around Papua New Guinea. In addition to Earhart and Noonan, Harry Manning and Mantz (who was acting as Earhart's technical advisor) were on board. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart, followed in 1899 by her sister Muriel. Additionally, the researcher who discovered the photo also identified the ship in the right of the photo as another ship called Koshu, seized by Allied Japanese forces during World War I, and not the Koshu Maru. edn byla prohlena za mrtvou 5. ledna 1939. Kevin Richlin, a professional criminal forensic expert hired by National Geographic, studied photographs of both women and cited many measurable facial differences between Earhart and Bolam. Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change Earhart's life. The subsequent report on Gardner read: "Here signs of recent habitation were clearly visible but repeated circling and zooming failed to elicit any answering wave from possible inhabitants and it was finally taken for granted that none were there At the western end of the island a tramp steamer (of about 4000 tons) lay high and almost dry head onto the coral beach with her back broken in two places. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. Amelia was named Amelia Mary Earhart after her two grandmothers, Amelia Harres Otis and Mary Wells Earhart -- a family tradition. Noonan, Fred. [12] The following list is not considered definitive, but serves also to give significant examples of tributes and honors. [197] A week after the disappearance, naval aircraft from the Colorado flew over several islands in the group including Gardner Island (now called Nikumaroro), which had been uninhabited for over 40 years. 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A group walked all the way around the island, but did not find a plane or other evidence. In order to operate the radio for any length of time, the aircraft would have had to be standing more or less upright on its landing gear with the right engine running in order to charge the 50-watt transmitter's battery, which would have consumed six gallons of fuel per hour. Manning did a navigation fix, but that fix alarmed Putnam, because Manning's position put them in the wrong state. She lived with her wealthy grandparents in Atchison until she was twelve. In late 1939, USSBushnell did a survey of the island. [275], In November 2006, the National Geographic Channel aired episode two of the Undiscovered History series about a claim that Earhart survived the world flight, moved to New Jersey, changed her name, remarried and became Irene Craigmile Bolam. She suggested the name based on the number of the charter members; she later became the organization's first president in 1930. In the RDF-1-A design, the coupler must be powered on for that design function to work. Johnson did not specify the fuel's octane rating. In order to reach the airfield, Earhart had to take a bus to the end of the line, then walk four miles (6km). In 1932, piloting a Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat. ", "The Mysterious Disappearance Of Amelia Earhart's Skeleton", "Loran-History, Loran Unit 92, Gardner Island", "Pacific sonar 'streak' may be wreck of Amelia Earhart's plane", "The Final Flight. By 1935, recognizing the limitations of her "lovely red Vega" in long, transoceanic flights, Earhart contemplated, in her own words, a new "prize one flight which I most wanted to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe as near its waistline as could be". [216][Note 49] The receiver was modified to lower the frequencies in the second band to 4851200kHz. The doc was 'Expedition Amelia', where Gillespie's find was mentioned. Earhart's Vega 5B was her third, after trading in two Vega 1s at the. They were divorced about 1924. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she said. Cochran, Jacqueline and Maryann Bucknum Brinkley. ", "Miss Earhart to get 'Flying Laboratory'. [Note 44] From that line, the plane could determine how much farther it must travel before reaching a parallel sun line that ran through Howland.[205]. Although Earhart and Putnam never had children, he had two sons by his previous marriage to Dorothy Binney (18881982),[101] a chemical heiress whose father's company, Binney & Smith, invented Crayola crayons:[102] the explorer and writer David Binney Putnam (19131992) and George Palmer Putnam, Jr. [Note 47] Consequently, the plane was not directed to Howland, and was left on its own with little fuel. Amelia Earhart Centre And Wildlife Sanctuary was established at the site of her 1932 landing in Northern Ireland, Ballyarnet Country Park, Derry. Purdue University established the Amelia Earhart Fund for Aeronautical Research at $50,000 to fund the purchase of the Lockheed Electra 10E. According to family custom, Earhart was named after her two grandmothers, Amelia Josephine Harres and Mary Wells Patton. Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, to parents Amy Otis Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Several unsupported theories have become known in popular culture. (Harres) Otis. The receiver's band selector also selects which antenna input is used; the first two bands use the low-frequency antenna, and the last two bands select the high-frequency antenna. 262. Earhart's life has spurred the imaginations of many writers and others; the following examples are given although many other mentions have also occurred in contemporary or current media: Earhart was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930. [Note 30] During a test flight at Lae, Earhart could hear radio signals, but she failed to obtain an RDF bearing. [177], At 6:14am another call was received stating the aircraft was within 200 miles (320km), and requested that the ship use its direction finder to provide a bearing for the aircraft.
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