Sonar Image Thought to Be Amelia Earhart's Plane Identified as Rock Formation
Deep Sea Vision confirms that a sonar image initially believed to show Earhart's lost aircraft is a natural rock formation, as the search for answers continues.
- Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration firm, announced that a sonar image captured in January does not depict Amelia Earhart's plane but rather a rock formation.
- The image, taken near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean, had sparked international interest as a potential clue in the 87-year-old mystery of Earhart's disappearance.
- The company has scanned over 7,700 square miles of seafloor using advanced underwater drones in its ongoing search for the famed aviator's Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft.
- Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in 1937 during a round-the-world flight attempt, with the prevailing theory suggesting they ran out of fuel near Howland Island.
- Despite decades of searches and numerous theories, including crash sites and island landings, no conclusive evidence of Earhart's fate has been found to date.