Viral image of Amelia Earhart’s plane was just a rock, sonar company reveals

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hopes of finding the long lost plane of pilot Amelia Earhart were dashed Wednesday when the company that claimed it found a possible aircraft revealed its investigation came up short.

It turns out Deep Sea Vision's viral sonar image from earlier this year depicted a plane-shaped rock formation.

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"After 11 months the waiting has finally ended and unfortunately our target was not Amelia's Electra 10E (just a natural rock formation)," an Instagram post from the company said.

Earhart disappeared in 1937 after setting off on a trip around the world that began in Miami. Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were expected to stop on Howard Island to refuel while crossing the Pacific Ocean, but they were never seen again.

The search for Earhart's plane captured international attention, though no evidence of the missing aircraft has been found.

"I'm super disappointed out here, but you know, I guess that's life," Deep Sea Vision's Tony Romeo told the Wall Street Journal .