[a-r-t]

There is a good Veritasium episode on her last flight going deep into technical details of what went wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTDFhWWPZ4Q

[dwheeler]

Yes, the Veritasium episode is great.

In short: there's plenty of evidence Amelia Earhart was reckless. I'm sad that she paid with her life, but that is sometimes what happens when you're reckless while using dangerous machines.

[sokoloff]

Captain A. G. Lamplugh, a British pilot from the early days of aviation once famously said “Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”

[homefree]

Yeah this was a great video, so many errors.

The experienced navigator refusing to fly with her was correct, but I do wonder if he had been there if he would have been smart enough to save them.

[goodcanadian]

Probably . . . from what I have read in the past, a better understanding of radio direction finding probably would have been enough to get them to Howland Island.