Ground crew work nights to keep MH370 search aloft

By Nick Perry

Published April 9, 2014 10:23am ET

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Ground crew work nights to keep MH370 search aloft — In this Tuesday, April 8, 2014 photo, Leading Aircraftman Andrew Smith works on a propeller of a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion at RAAF Base Pearce after it arrived back from the ongoing search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia. The ground crews typically work on the tarmac through the night so the planes are ready to fly again by daylight, as the international effort to find some trace of the missing jetliner continues. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) | Rob Griffith

RAAF BASE PEARCE, Australia (AP) — As the brilliant orange glow of another Australian sunset fades and the raucous engines of the search planes stop whirring, the men and women who keep this high-profile operation in the air switch on the floodlights and get busy.

The ground crews at this air force base near Perth typically work on the tarmac through the night so the planes are ready to fly again by daylight, as the international effort to find some trace of missing Flight 370 continues.

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