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Probably can. Should it though? Like the Titanic, maybe we just let it rest in peace? Send a sub down to confirm what it is. Then maybe update a few of the mon

Probably can. Should it though? Like the Titanic, maybe we just let it rest in peace? Send a sub down to confirm what it is. Then maybe update a few of the monuments to her to indicate her final resting place has been found… My only concern would be looters. If it is quite feasible to access “easily” then yeah maybe we should recover it just to protect against looters and pillagers.

not-my-account 3y ago
The titanic is massssive, making raising it a much more difficult challenge compared to raising a single aircraft.
- notbeuller 3y ago
  There was a rather silly 1976 thriller “Raise the Titanic!” predating it’s actual discovery by about 10 years. They made a movie from it too in 1980. Based on a premise that there was something valuable the government wanted on board)
  - RegBarclay 3y ago
    Then Arthur Clarke wrote "The Ghost from the Grand Banks" in 1990 (after Ballard discovered it was in pieces) with a slightly more plausible approach to raising the bow. The wreck has deteriorated now to the point where raising it would probably destroy more than what would be recovered.
Kon-Peki 3y ago
It appears that there would be significant questions about ownership and whether maritime salvage laws apply [1]. Remember that Earhart was a faculty member at Purdue University, the aircraft was owned by the university, and it was filled with student experiments. They're going to claim that it still belongs to them. You're going to spend millions to recover it and then immediately get hit with a lawsuit demanding you turn it over to them. By an entity that will have no problem collecting enough donations to fund the best lawyers for as long as it takes. [1] https://www.perthilj.com/blog/2019/2/19/aircraft-salvage-in-admiralty-law https://www.perthilj.com/blog/2019/2/19/aircraft-salvage-in-...
- reaperman 3y ago
  Seems like a situation where it would be best to get all parties with any claim that wouldn’t be summarily dismissed to agree on details of what should happen with the salvage before committing to recovering it.
deadbabe 3y ago
Yes absolutely, there’s no reason for the plane to rest at the bottom of an ocean forever. The bottom of the ocean is the opposite of rest, it’s hell.
- Beldin 3y ago
  To you, there's no reason. To others, there is. That by itself shows the need for discussion (where either side ought to listen to the other). With respect to the argument of putting the plane rests in a museum: I do not see how that would be better than being able to visit the actual place where the crash occurred, with the plane still somewhere below the waves.
  - deadbabe 3y ago
    The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
    - yardstick 3y ago
      What are the needs of the many here? And are they really needs, or just nice to haves?
stronglikedan 3y ago
> Should it though? Yes, it's a plane not a person. We can learn from it, and Earhart won't care.
- yardstick 3y ago
  What could we learn from taking it out of the water vs leaving it in its grave? There will be no FAA safety notices (or whatever they are called) based on the findings.
paulddraper 3y ago
If it were a feasible to raise the Titanic as a small aircraft, it would have been done.
MeImCounting 3y ago
Aside from the practicality of the two, the Earheart wreck seems much more like something our society would want to honor. An explorer and adventurer who's legacy and life pushed equality forward for women across the west vs a failed engineering project which was mostly a status symbol for rich people.
dclowd9901 3y ago
Looters are exactly why we should raise it. Protect it from unscrupulous people.

not-my-account 3y ago

The titanic is massssive, making raising it a much more difficult challenge compared to raising a single aircraft.

notbeuller 3y ago
There was a rather silly 1976 thriller “Raise the Titanic!” predating it’s actual discovery by about 10 years. They made a movie from it too in 1980. Based on a premise that there was something valuable the government wanted on board)
- RegBarclay 3y ago
  Then Arthur Clarke wrote "The Ghost from the Grand Banks" in 1990 (after Ballard discovered it was in pieces) with a slightly more plausible approach to raising the bow. The wreck has deteriorated now to the point where raising it would probably destroy more than what would be recovered.

Kon-Peki 3y ago

It appears that there would be significant questions about ownership and whether maritime salvage laws apply [1]. Remember that Earhart was a faculty member at Purdue University, the aircraft was owned by the university, and it was filled with student experiments. They're going to claim that it still belongs to them. You're going to spend millions to recover it and then immediately get hit with a lawsuit demanding you turn it over to them. By an entity that will have no problem collecting enough donations to fund the best lawyers for as long as it takes. [1] https://www.perthilj.com/blog/2019/2/19/aircraft-salvage-in-admiralty-law https://www.perthilj.com/blog/2019/2/19/aircraft-salvage-in-...

reaperman 3y ago
Seems like a situation where it would be best to get all parties with any claim that wouldn’t be summarily dismissed to agree on details of what should happen with the salvage before committing to recovering it.

deadbabe 3y ago

Yes absolutely, there’s no reason for the plane to rest at the bottom of an ocean forever. The bottom of the ocean is the opposite of rest, it’s hell.

Beldin 3y ago
To you, there's no reason. To others, there is. That by itself shows the need for discussion (where either side ought to listen to the other). With respect to the argument of putting the plane rests in a museum: I do not see how that would be better than being able to visit the actual place where the crash occurred, with the plane still somewhere below the waves.
- deadbabe 3y ago
  The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
  - yardstick 3y ago
    What are the needs of the many here? And are they really needs, or just nice to haves?

stronglikedan 3y ago

> Should it though? Yes, it's a plane not a person. We can learn from it, and Earhart won't care.

yardstick 3y ago
What could we learn from taking it out of the water vs leaving it in its grave? There will be no FAA safety notices (or whatever they are called) based on the findings.

paulddraper 3y ago

If it were a feasible to raise the Titanic as a small aircraft, it would have been done.

MeImCounting 3y ago

Aside from the practicality of the two, the Earheart wreck seems much more like something our society would want to honor. An explorer and adventurer who's legacy and life pushed equality forward for women across the west vs a failed engineering project which was mostly a status symbol for rich people.

dclowd9901 3y ago

Looters are exactly why we should raise it. Protect it from unscrupulous people.