U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Mims, left, and aircrew members assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 pose in front of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft in Perth, Australia, April 4, 2014, before departing on a mission in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. U.S. Navy ships and aircraft were dispatched to assist a multinational search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people aboard.