Today marks the 80th anniversary of the disappearance of pioneering American aviator Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

On July 2, 1937, Ms Earhart, vanished while attempting to fly around the world. She was never seen again.

Accompanied by Fred Noonan, her navigator, she had taken off from Lae, in New Guinea, and was searching for Howland Island in the Pacific.