Amelia Earhart FPG/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption FPG/Getty Images National Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's December 2, 1998 Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan crashed-landed in the South Pacific in 1937 and died waiting for rescue. Bones, Shoes May Have Been Amelia Earhart's Only Available in Archive Formats. Real Media