[not-my-account]

If we raise it, it will almost certainly end up in a museum where many many people will see it and connect with Earhart and her story. Earhart would near deification, I’d guess. Plus the inspiration of many young boys and girls to adventure. I don’t quite see where the lack of respect would come from. Or, if it is disrespectful to raise the crash, that disrespect would be repaid many times over with honour in a museum, no?

[digging]

> Earhart would near deification, I’d guess.

Let's not get hyperbolic. She's already well known. Agreed though that displaying her plane in a museum would seem respectful to me.

[VBprogrammer]

I can't imagine what would be recovered of a crash of a light aluminium aircraft after a century at the bottom of the ocean would bear much resemblance to an aircraft.

I think it's a great thing to locate and document the discovery but I don't see much to be gained from raising it.

[GolfPopper]

Plus, it would be a violation of the Benthic Treaty with the Deep Ones.

[jncfhnb]

Frankly I think her story is a bit less inspiring without the mystery