The invention belongs to the field of locating and searching sonar equipment, and in particular relates to an airplane black box locating and searching sonar equipment comprising a combined search sonar array, a real-time information processing sub-system and a search sonar main control system. The combined search sonar array, the real-time information processing sub-system and the search sonar main control system are installed on a search platform, so that monitoring, direction-finding and accurate locating of a black box acoustic beacon signal can be sequentially achieved in real time, and meanwhile navigation information can be provided for the search platform, so that a black box can be quickly and effectively searched. The airplane black box locating and searching sonar equipment provided by the invention is applicable to quickly searching the airplane black box at an initial phase after an airplane is crashed in the water, can be installed on an underwater vehicle for use in a deep sea water area, also can be installed on a surface ship in a shallow water area for searching, and is strong specificity, rich in function and strong in platform adaptation; meanwhile, the detecting work, locating work and searching work of the sonar equipment are completed by using a set of equipment, the collaborative search capacity is stronger, and the search success rate is higher.