Amelia got sick with dysentery that lasted a couple days. That gave time to Fred to fix insturaments. Finally on June 27 they were able to leave Bandoeng, Australia. Amelia and Fred reached Lae in New Guinea on June 29. They only had 7,000 more miles to go and 22,000 behind them.
Photos find showed Amelia looked very pale and sick.
On July 2 with a full tank of gas which would last twenty hours. They reported that ahe was on track to Howland Island. No one heard or saw the plane over head. President Roosevelt authorized a 6 million dallor search for her but nothing was found but a life raft. George continued to search until October where he self gave up on ever finding his wife alive.