A C-130 Hercules military plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday while performing a training mission, near the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport with 5 people on board.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was headed to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft flown by the Air Force Reserve Command for weather reconnaissance missions. The aircraft penetrates tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity..
