serious story that we received word of tonight through the pentagon. tonight a u.s. military c-130 transport plane crashed at jalalabad airport in eastern afghanistan. and it was a very bad crash. it apparently happened at takeoff. it was late at night local time, shortly after midnight there, which puts it in the 3:00 p.m. our east coast time. this was a c-130, which is a large plane. and it apparently crashed at the airport after takeoff. the very terrible news about this is that at least 13 people were killed in this crash, including six u.s. service members on board the plane. in addition to the six u.s. service members on board the plane there were also five contractors on board the plane. we do not know their nationality at this point. in addition to the u.s. service members and the contractors on the plane we are also told that at least two afghan civilians were killed on the ground by the crashing plane. now, it does not appear this plane was shot down. a u.s. military official confirming to nbc news there were no reports of hostile activity in the area at the time of the crash. but again, we're learning tonight that a c-130 crashed at the jalalabad airport.