If the crew punched out they could be miles away from the actual crash site.
It's been a long time since I was in P-3s, but with today's technology I would think each individual would have a GPS pinger in their LPAs.
They all carry esats.
“been a long time since I was in P-3s”
I saw the P-3s go into sunset and retire while working at the depot level.....F-14 Tomcats as well.
Always a certain sadness when an old workhorse is put out to pasture.
I hear on good authority that the P-8 Orion actually doesn’t do the job the P-3s did as well.....improvement right? SMH
We had GPS on our parachutes in the AF. Pray they find them.