# Video: Analysis of the last leg of Amelia Earhart's flight

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**Created:** [December 11, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-analysis-of-the-last-leg-of-amelia-earharts-flight/1011510 "2024-12-11T19:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-analysis-of-the-last-leg-of-amelia-earharts-flight/1011510/1 "2024-12-11T19:09:21Z")

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[Link. (@15 minutes long](https://www.facebook.com/veritasium/videos/456463440829477) Spoiler: He doesn’t attempt to speculate on what happened to her, other than she ran out of fuel.

Anyway. . . I haven’t tried to check all the details, but if even half of it is accurate, quite a Charlie Foxtrot set of mis- and missed communications.

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**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-analysis-of-the-last-leg-of-amelia-earharts-flight/1011510/2 "2024-12-11T20:33:01Z")

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[The full version (30+ minutes) on Youtube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTDFhWWPZ4Q)

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-analysis-of-the-last-leg-of-amelia-earharts-flight/1011510/3 "2024-12-12T12:10:50Z")

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Fascinating. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-analysis-of-the-last-leg-of-amelia-earharts-flight/1011510/4 "2024-12-12T15:34:36Z")

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I had watched that already. Long story short: Earhart was a publicity seeking flake. She had previously flown with 2 other guys but one of them quit her because of her obliviousness to risks. Add crappy equipment, errors in arranging signaling with the people in and around Howell island and she was doomed.

I am liking less and less Veritasium’s videos. Probably going to quit watching him at some point.