Theoria,
Thank you for posting this article. I have never heard about this theory for the fate of Amelia Earhart before.
to Zot: The information about the engine data plate is interesting but I wonder what the rating of the more powerful replacement engines installed after her Electra was returned to California were compared to the originals used in the California - Hawaii flight? And if the 4 crated engines were NOT the ones installed that is mentioned in Fred Goerner’s “The Search for Amelia Earhart”?
Thanks for the ping. Interesting discovery. Someone should go to New Britain Island and see if they can find the wreckage.