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Cast away is based on the Gardner Island hypothesis of the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart. That Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan had crashlanded on Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro, part of the Republic of Kiribati) and been castaway before eventually, perishing.
Her aircraft on that fateful round-the-world attempt was a Lockeed Electra 10E.
In Greek mythology, Electra was an Oceanid, a water-nymph and daughter to the Titan Oceanus. According to Homer, from Oceanus "all rivers flow and every sea, and all the springs and deep wells"
Information sourced from Wikipedia.
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