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Typically on a plane like this, this is a cargo plane. you have four crew and one load master. so we'll be looking for an update on the three survivors on just what their medical condition is. what we know about this flight is it came out of the 156th air wing. the puerto rican air national guard. the overall context, kasie, think of the challenges puerto rico has. a lot of these flights are flying back and forth equipment to help that island, that part of america rebuild. a lot of reporters have gone down on c 130 flights in part because that's the only way to get here. the broadest context, ...

We were staying and take whatever she need. we weren't able to bring urluggage with us. there wasn't enough room. and we told her to go in and take whatever she needed to keep her and her boys safe. >> what do you think you need there? >> the basic blocks of survival. food, water, access to medicine. i know so many things people around the world are currently spinning to deliver. from my small viewpoint in this massive machine, i can tell you that everyone that i know i operates in their craft whether it be a pilot, a load master, a flight engineer, their all gearing up in small and very meani...

Croix but they were hit pretty good. that forward operating location, we pulled back to cure sou to fly the storms 24/7. >> colonel, thank you for telling us these are civilian airmen, from the air reserve. what actually do they do? are they in the c-130s? >> correct, we're flying the wc-130 j by lockheed martin. it's a fabulous aircraft. we have ten here on the ramp and our crew is five individuals and pilot and co-pilot and weather officer and navigator and load master. our job is to take off and fly to an altitude of 10,000 feet, penetrate the eyewall of the hurricane, drop at the request o...

Had similar circumstances, and in fact, a crew had reported a cargo shift. when we did the investigation, we found they had a flight controlled problem with the elevators that controls the pitch of the airplane. at this point it's too early to speculate whether it's cargo shift. >> we do know that at bagram, the nature of the base there, the planes have to take off in a much steeper gradient than a normal 747 would have to. we also know it's carrying five armored vehicles. to be taken to afghanistan. each one of those weighing 27,000 pounds. so as you say, the most likely scenario may well tur...

Scenario may well turn out to be simply that the cargo being so heavy was just placed on the plane. and it was in such a steep grading, that's what flipped it. >> cargo airplanes when you load a cargo airplane. they have what's called the load master, he happened to be on this particular flight when the airplane crashed. it's his responsibility to ensure that the cargo is distributed properly and properly secured. one of the things that investigators are going to have to find out is how they secured those vehicles and the other cargo, and to see where those vehicles were loaded in the aircraft...