Listen to Bella Energy Vice President, Andrew Mckenna’s interview with Ryan Warner of Colorado NPR.

Andrew McKenna is on his third trip to the South Pacific with a team looking for evidence of what happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on a round-the-world flight in 1937. The team from The International Group For Historic Aircraft Recovery theorizes that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed safely on the island of Nikumaroro but lacked the provisions they needed to survive for long. McKenna’s a solar energy executive from Boulder. Ryan Warner spoke to him by satellite phone from Nikumaroro.

Everyone has their passions in life and the people of Bella Energy are no different. Sometimes, our passions and hobbies are newsworthy, and this post is one of those times. Our Vice President and COO Andrew McKenna is currently in the South Pacific with the TIGHAR expedition searching for evidence to support a theory that Amelia Earhart crash landed on a small island in the South Pacific. To learn more about this expedition view the following video and read Mr. McKenna’s statement.

Solving the Amelia Earhart Mystery from TIGHAR on Vimeo.

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