Search for Amelia Earhart's plane resumes after stormy weather

BBC World reports: Sirisha Bandla (right), pictured with expedition lead Steve Schultz, said the crew was "really excited" A search for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean has resumed after severe weather caused researchers to stop for several days. A team has travelled to Nikumaroro Island, part of Kiribati, hoping to solve the mystery of the famed aviator's disappearance by investigating the so-called Taraia Object, spotted in the atoll's lagoon in aerial imagery. The American pioneer vanished while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, spawning decades of speculation about her fate.

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