– How could a Canadian P3 aircraft, while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, possibly detect ‘banging noise’ attributed to a small submersible vessel potentially thousands of feet below the surface?

Question

– How could a Canadian P3 aircraft, while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, possibly detect ‘banging noise’ attributed to a small submersible vessel potentially thousands of feet below the surface?

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Answer 1

P-3 Orions use sonobuoys to listen to noises in the water and have a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) to detect things in the water. The MAD is a big long thingy attached to the tail of the aircraft.