Dop
20th Oct 2003, 21:50
From The Guardian:-
For more than 60 years the remains of Amy Johnson's plane have lain undiscovered in the murky waters of the Thames Estuary and with them the mystery of her last moments.
But a team of divers believes it may now have found the wreckage and is hoping to lift it from the seabed in the summer.
The divers are reluctant to speak about the find but the Guardian has learned that the team has informed the receiver of wreck, the official body which processes such reports, that it knows the location of the remains.
It is understood the wreckage found by the team has been quite well preserved in silt. If it proves to be the remains of Ms Johnson's twin-engined Airspeed Oxford, which plunged into the sea in January 1941, it may be possible to establish why it crashed.
The sequence of events leading up to the crash has been well documented but the reasons for behind it remain a puzzle.
More here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1066587,00.html)
For more than 60 years the remains of Amy Johnson's plane have lain undiscovered in the murky waters of the Thames Estuary and with them the mystery of her last moments.
But a team of divers believes it may now have found the wreckage and is hoping to lift it from the seabed in the summer.
The divers are reluctant to speak about the find but the Guardian has learned that the team has informed the receiver of wreck, the official body which processes such reports, that it knows the location of the remains.
It is understood the wreckage found by the team has been quite well preserved in silt. If it proves to be the remains of Ms Johnson's twin-engined Airspeed Oxford, which plunged into the sea in January 1941, it may be possible to establish why it crashed.
The sequence of events leading up to the crash has been well documented but the reasons for behind it remain a puzzle.
More here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1066587,00.html)