She certainly pursued her belief that she could find the island for as long as her few remaining tens of minutes of fuel dwindled.
No indication of an intent, or ability, to divert many many hundreds of miles to a night-time landing in the jungly mountains of PNG.
I couldn't agree more. History has shown time and again, when an aviator becomes lost with no fuel and no plan, they wander around in an erratic fashion in an effort to make sense of their confusion, right up to the point that the empty fuel tanks make a final decision for them.
I have no dog in this fight, I say more power to anyone who wishes to explore the unknown, even if only for the sake of exploration itself. If some sort of lost wreck can be found and remains laid to rest then all the better.