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4 killed in SC plane crash; drummer, DJ injured 13 minutes ago



COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and a popular disc jockey have been critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. She says the plane went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.

Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were at a burn center in Augusta, Ga.

Federal officials say two crew members and two passengers have been killed.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say a Learjet has crashed while departing from a Columbia, S.C., airport, killing four people on board and injuring two others.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. She says the plane went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.

Bergen says the Lear 60 was headed to Van Nuys, Calif.

She didn't have the names of those killed and didn't know the conditions of the two people injured.

4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes
NBC: Ex-Blink 182 drummer is critically injured as Learjet goes off runway

NBC News and news services
updated 8:57 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Learjet has crashed while departing from a South Carolina airport, killing four people and injuring two others including a former member of rock band Blink 182.

NBC News reported that Travis Barker, an ex-drummer with the band who starred in MTV reality show "Meet the Barkers", was among those hurt in the incident. He was transported to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, where he was listed in critical condition.

Barker had performed Friday night at an event alongside Perry Farrell, the former Jane's Addiction singer, as well as Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM. It was not immediately clear whether any of those performers were traveling with Barker.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday from Columbia when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. She said the plane went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.

Bergen said the Lear 60 was headed to Van Nuys, California. She was unable to confirm the names of who was on board the plane.

yea just read it on cnn, omg!!!!! hope they r ok.

Damn, I hope he's okay and prayers to the others on the plane.

keep the prayers goin 'cause we don't need another "the day the music died"....
[Edited 9/20/08 10:29am]

Condition Update -- Barker and DJ AM
Posted Sep 20th 2008 11:49AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned Travis Barker has been burned from the waist down, but he is expected to survive the plane crash. DJ AM's face was severely burned and is being tended to right now.

We're also told the tragedy is all the worse because one of the passengers who died, Chris Baker, Travis' assistant on "Meet the Barkers," was married recently and has a new baby.

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So sad . This is terrible for everyone involved and especially those who lost their lives in the crash. Prayers and condolences go out to all the families. I wish Travis & DJ AM both a speedy recovery, they are very lucky to even be alive.
[Edited 9/20/08 10:43am]

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wow, this kind of stuff always puts shit in perspective. I always hated Blink 182 and generally tried to ignore Travis Barker, but I sure wish them the best! That's absolutely horrible.

very sad regardless if it happens to a celeb or joe down the street. But it also makes you realize that almost all of these crashes are private planes.

Thurman Munson
Jfk Jr
Roberto Clemente
John Denver
Jim Croce
Aaliyah

and the list goes on and on.

Oddly enough I was totally jamming to Blink 182's Take Off Your Pants & Jacket this morning, something I had not done in a long time.....

Don't know much about Barker.....I think he's a good drummer....I hope he'll be alright!

Yeah i got wind of this about 12:30 earlier. This happened in
my hometown. I've heard of the band before but not familiar with
their music. Hope everything is well with the survivors.

I like 'em.....nothing special, just catchy lightweight funpop with a dosis of humor.

I just heard about this on MTV. This is so tragic. My prayers go out to him, DJ AM and their family.

PaseRock said:

abierman said:

They started off as a punk band though. Travis wasn't even in the original line up, he actually used to be in the ska band Aquabats. I guess with time and age people really do become more tailored for commercial appeal, though...in any event, I hope the survivors will get better soon and manage to have an overall healing in due time. Those poor guys lost comrades who were in all liklihood also loved ones to them. I can't imagine what the grieving process for something like this would be like

I'll never ever EVER fly in a small plane. EVER.

I took notice of that Travis Barker when he did a video w busta rhymes
in it and the mtv awards and i just like the way he plays the
drums because he just be in his own zone playin his heart out.
DJ AM i took notice of him on mtv awards. I just like the way
they were performing together at the MTV awards. My prayers are
with them and the people that lost their lives. MY dear Jesus be
with them all...Amen.

From Yahoo News:

Doctor Expects Recovery for 2 Musicians in Crash
By PAGE IVEY


AUGUSTA, Ga. - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM are expected to fully recover from burns they suffered in a fiery South Carolina jet crash that killed the other four people aboard, one of their doctors said Sunday.

Dr. Fred Mullins, medical director of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center, said the two suffered second- and third-degree burns but had no other injuries from the crash that one witness described as a fireball shooting across a highway.

"Anybody who can survive a plane crash is pretty lucky," Mullins told reporters during a news conference Sunday morning.

Mullins said Barker was burned on his torso and lower body and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was burned on his hands and part of his head. The doctor declined to discuss specific recovery times for the musicians, but said such injuries can take a year to fully heal.

Both men are still in critical but stable condition, Mullins said.

The Learjet crashed late Friday night shortly after taking off from an airport in Columbia, where the men had just performed a concert for thousands of college students. The plane's two-person crew and a pair of the musicians' staff members — also their close friends — were killed.

As the plane was departing, air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks, officials said. The plane hurtled off the end of a runway and came to rest a quarter-mile away on an embankment across a five-lane highway, engulfed in flames.

One witness said he was driving when a fireball streaked across the highway about 600 feet ahead of him. William Owens said he approached to see the two survivors frantically trying to remove their burning clothes.

"I noticed two guys who were on fire and it looked like a dance: They didn't know what to do," said Owens, a 60-year-old delivery van driver.

Goldstein had stripped off his own shirt and was helping Barker strip naked, said Owens, who was able to identify the men Saturday night because of news reports that showed Barker's extensive tattoos.

Owens said Goldstein told him four other people were on board the jet, but the flames were too intense to get close.

"'Oh my God' was all they were saying," Owens said of Barker and Goldstein. "They stood there and it's like — didn't know what to do. None of us did."

Several fans visited the hospital over the weekend. One carried a sign that read: "Get Well Travis."

"I was just shocked when I first heard it and I knew that I had to do something," said Ryan Meadows, a 19-year-old college student from Augusta.

Two other passengers — Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles — died, as did pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif., according to the county coroner. Baker was an assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.

The plane was headed for Van Nuys, Calif. It is owned by Global Exec Aviation, a California-based charter company, and was certified to operate last year, said National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman.

A longtime friend of the co-pilot said Bland flew anti-smuggling missions 20 years for the U.S. Customs Service and flew missions for the Santa Ana Police Department in California and U.S. Border Patrol.

"He was such an experienced pilot, it had to be something beyond their control," said Tim Ferrill, a Huntington Beach, Calif., pilot. "He was an absolutely meticulous pilot, very thorough and not a risk-taker at all."

Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM at a free concert in Columbia on Friday night. The show, which included performances by former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw, drew about 10,000 people to a neighborhood near the University of South Carolina.

Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-selling punk rock band Blink-182, whose biggest album was 1999's CD "Enema of the State" and sold more than 5 million copies in the United States alone.

After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock band (+44) — pronounced "plus forty-four." He also starred in the MTV reality series "Meet the Barkers" with his then-wife, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler. The show documented the former couple's lavish wedding and home life. Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent breakup made them tabloid favorites.

Goldstein, 35, is a popular DJ for hire who at one time was engaged to Nicole Richie and dated singer/actress Mandy Moore. While he became a gossip favorite for his romances, he draws respect from music aficionados for his DJ skills.

Barker and Goldstein performed as part of the house band at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this month.

OMG, I just heard about this and I was so afraid they passed. I'm glad they're alright and I'm sorry for the other passengers that did not survive.

I absolutely hate the idea of small planes. Helicopters and small planes.

JackieBlue said:

I'm usually okay with flying, but the small planes do start to freak me out for some reason these days. On Luftansa the daily flights from Hamburg to Milan are in a plane so light & small it feels like it's made out of cardboard...AND we have to cross over the Alps in those things I have to fly tomorrow in one of those paper planes...not really looking forward to it

Ottensen said:

Damn!

That's why I would not get into ANYONE'S plane. Too much shit can go down on a plane and you can't do much about it. I am not flying unless I sprout some wings and it's gonna take a WHOLE LOT of Red Bull's to do that....mind you, I don't even drink that shit so, I guess flying just ain't in the program for me.

I completely missed all this...I was out of town and got back in last night...still clueless until i saw the big signs blocking off the back road of the airport this morning...so tragic!

Bummer. Hope they'll be okay.


for the families of the people that died.

From Yahoo Music News

Spokeswoman: DJ AM Released from Burn Hospital
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Celebrity disc jockey DJ AM has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash a week ago, a spokeswoman for the musician said Friday.

"While he is deeply saddened by the events he is thankful for all of the love and support he has been receiving from fans and friends," spokeswoman Jenni Weinman said in a statement.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, were rushed to a burn hospital in Augusta, Ga., after their Learjet crashed on takeoff from a Columbia airport. Doctors have said they expect both men to fully recover.

Two pilots and two other passengers who were close friends of the musicians were killed in the crash just before midnight Sept. 19.

An officer who was among the first on the scene said the musicians told him they escaped the flaming wreckage by sliding down a wing.

A hospital spokeswoman would not say when Barker was expected to be released. The head of the burn hospital said it can take up to one year to heal from the second- and third-degree burns the men suffered. But Dr. Fred Mullins said he didn't expect it to take that long for the musicians to heal.

The Learjet shot off the end of the runway, ripped through a fence and crossed a highway before coming to rest. Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have not said what caused the crash, but spokesman Peter Knudson said he expects the agency to release a preliminary report next week.

NTSB officials have said a cockpit voice recorder revealed that crew members thought a tire blew and tried to abort the takeoff. Investigators recovered pieces of tire from the runway.

Barker was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum-selling punk rock band Blink-182. DJ AM is a popular disc jockey who was also a tabloid favorite for some celebrity romances.

Rock Drummer Released from Ga. Burn Hospital



AUGUSTA, Ga. - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash more than a week ago.

Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker was released on Monday morning.

Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors of the crash just before midnight Sept. 19 at the main airport in Columbia, S.C. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was released from the hospital last week. Doctors have said they expect both men to fully recover.

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have said a cockpit voice recorder revealed that crew members thought a tire blew out and tried to abort the takeoff.