Hopes of finding Amelia Earhart's missing plane are DASHED once again: Sonar image thought to be the wreckage of her aircraft turns out to be a 'bunch of rocks'

Following an extensive expedition, explorers at South Carolina firm Deep Sea Vision said they'd found an 'aircraft-shaped object' in the same region of the Pacific where the legendary aviator vanished in 1937.

However, a second expedition now reveals the object is not an aircraft at all, but simply a bunch of rocks.

Tony Romeo, founder of Deep Sea Vision, said in a statement: 'This outcome isn't what we hoped for...'

Deep Sea Vision set off on its initial search in September 2023 in an area of the Pacific to the west of Earhart's planned destination, the remote Howland Island.

The crew spent 90 days searching 5,200 square miles of the Pacific Ocean floor – 'more than all previous searches combined'.

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