ground crew

American  

noun

1. ground personnel responsible for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.

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Etymology

Origin of ground crew

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

For all the contributors keeping warm up and down the Dodgers’ lineup, the members of the Rockies’ ground crew were the real heroes of Friday’s game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

After one flight, he parked his aircraft so askew that ground crew had to reposition the jet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

They drove off, giving one last look at the plane as the ground crew scurried around, readying it for the next day’s drop.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

PSE’s general goal after an outage is to have a ground crew out within 55 minutes, but Vargo acknowledged waits can be longer during events like winter storms when there are many outages at once.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

There, the local ground crew discovered Zhenya’s body trapped in her Yak.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein