ALFRED POGO IS RESTRAINED FROM AMELIA EARHART SEARCH

Former member for Finschhafen (the then Defense and later Works Minister), Mr Alfred Pogo has been told to stop searching for the wreckage of an American Plane in the mountains of Huon Peninsula in Finschhafen, Morobe Province by the local landowners.

Calling themselves The Voice of New Generation, the locals have been searching independently for clues to the disappearance of the the late American aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan.. The Team Leader is Mr Groover Tiworing who is currently employed by the Newcrest Gold Mine's Lihir Mining in New Ireland Province. They have begun searching on the 70th anniversary of the disappearance of the aviator and her navigator Fred Noonan. To date, the group has located the wreckage of the plane and are up to prove the actual identity scientifically.

The Voice of New Generation has strongly condemned Mr Pogo from further search and interference with the locals on the subject matter. The matter has been brought before the Lae Police station and the hearing was postponed until February 7th 2014 at the Lae court house.

Uncovered wreckage at the site where the plane first hit the trunk.

The picture shown is the part of the plane wreckage discovered at the mountain side where it hit the tree trunk. The rest of the wing got swept into the Mongi River but the plane itself maneuvered   into a nearby lake some 2-3 miles down from the mountain top. The locals believe it was part of a fuel tank according to Katie O'brien's account, but I think it could be part of an engine, mounted on the wing that broke away with it.

 Katie O’Brien writes (29^th October 2009);

“Earhart’s crash may have involved a case of unfortunate miscalculation. Her Electra was modified to allow for additional fuel tanks to allow her to navigate the globe. As a result pieces of navigation devices were removed for weight consideration, according to the American Aviation Historical Society”.(http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=143995).