9 killed after military plane crashes near Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport

Nine Puerto Ricans were killed after a military plane crashed near Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday morning according to the Associated Press. There are no survivors of the crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration Administration said the aircraft is a C-130 Hercules military plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard.

Pictures posted on social media showed a large plume of dark smoke rising from the area. The plane crashed between Highway 21 and Crossgate Road, located near the airport.

Smoke rises in the distant where an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane crashed near an in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in this view from Pooler, Ga. (Minh Phan via AP)

"While performing a training mission, an U.S. C-130 "Hercules" cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed about 11:30 a.m. today near the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport with 5 people on board," the U.S. National Guard said in a statement. "Personnel are on the scene responding. A board of officers will investigate the accident."

The plane was reportedly traveling to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona before it crashed. According to the AP, the plane was making its final flight in its 60-year history.

It had previously been used to deliver supplies to Puerto Rico following the devastating impacts of Hurricane Maria last fall as well as rescue stranded U.S. citizens following Hurricane Irma's impacts in the British Virgin Islands.

The weather in Savannah at the time featured light winds and a sunny sky.

President Donald Trump said he had been briefed on the crash and offered his thoughts and prayers to the victims.