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An Orion aircraft is prepared at a base in Auckland, New Zealand, on Monday before flying to assist the Tonga government after the eruption of an undersea volcano. New Zealand and Australia sent military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation. United Nations humanitarian officials and …