Amelia Earhart's plane fragment likely found after more than 7 decades of searching.

According to an article in The Huffington Post, Amelia Earhart's plane fragment likely found after researchers restudied the aluminium fragment retrieved in 1991 in Nikumaroro. Nikumaroro is an unoccupied island located in the Pacific Ocean, 2,000 miles southwest off Hawaii.

The Huffington Post further reported that when Amelia Earhart's plane fragment was likely found in 1991, researchers decided to dismiss such conclusion. The fragment looked like it did not belong to any of Earhart's plane parts at the time it was retrieved in 1991 in Nikumaroro.

However, researchers now, in 2014, made different conclusions after restudying the fragment.

The Huffington Post reported that TIGHAR researchers released their findings in written form recently, indicating:

"The patch was as unique to her particular aircraft as a fingerprint is to an individual,"

"Research has now shown that a section of aircraft aluminum TIGHAR found on Nikumaroro in 1991 matches that fingerprint in many respects."

Dr. Les Kaufman, a Boston University professor, specializing in studying Earhart's case, commended TIGHAR's executive director, Ric Gillespie for his excellent work:

"It seems plausible."

"I have been impressed with Ric Gillespie, who seems to me to be an honest broker, a knowledgable enthusiast, and generally cautious in drawing conclusions based upon limited evidence."

The team of specialists wishes to conduct further studies about Earhart's fate at Nikumaroro in June 2015.