"The last radio transmissions from Earhart occurred on July 2, the day she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared, when she told the US Coast Guard cutter Itasca that her plane was near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean but was running low on fuel. The aviator continued to transmit fragments, sounding increasingly desperate as she called for help, saying she was lost and asking for the Itasca, a boat stationed off the tiny atoll, to act like a giant radio compass to guide her in."
"The records have now explained that the crew on Itasca tried to help, but it took them a critical two full minutes to switch their equipment to the right frequency (7500 kHz) and start sending the signal she needed. Earhart's last confirmed transmission, at 8:43am local time, showed the aviator circling in vain, as she believed she was flying up and down along an invisible straight line that runs through Howland Island."
The US National Archives published 4,624 pages of government records concerning Amelia Earhart after a presidential directive. The declassified files include radio intercepts with information on Earhart's last known communications, weather and plane conditions. The last radio transmissions occurred on July 2 when Earhart told the Coast Guard cutter Itasca she was near Howland Island and low on fuel. She transmitted fragments, sounded increasingly desperate, and asked the Itasca to act as a giant radio compass. The records explain that Itasca took two full minutes to switch to 7500 kHz. Earhart's final confirmed transmission at 8:43am showed her circling but unable to see Howland.
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