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Travis Barker and DJ Am - critical condition after plane crashed


mckayleesmom wrote: Blink-182's Barker critically injured in plane crashStory Highlights
Learjet crash in Columbia, South Carolina, killed four, FAA says

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and a disc jockey critically injured

Barker and DJ AM taken to burn center in Augusta, Georgia, hospital says

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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (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.


The Learjet crashed as it was about to take off Friday night, according to the FAA.

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, Georgia.

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

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I wonder who the passengers that were killed are....That is sad. I laways thought he looked like a good dad when that show was on sad.gif

punkeemunkee'smom replied:

The article I just read said that 2 crew members and 2 passengers in a plane of 6 people...I guess it could have been the other 2 performers sad.gif

sparkys2boys replied: Oh no, that's terrible. Many prayers to all the loved ones involved.

luvbug00 replied: It's just awful. Perez hilton is reporting that they were touring with gaven degraw ( singer of "chariot") but there is no verification that he was on the plane with them. Also been reported there was one woman aboard who was killed. It's just soo sad. sad.gif

mckayleesmom replied:
NOOOO...Please tell me my Gavin wasn't on that plane.

mckayleesmom replied: Someone said that Shanna Mokler was on the plane also. I hope that isn't true because I also heard that Travis didn't make it......I hope the rumors are false for their kids sake.

mckayleesmom replied: Perez just updated that Perry and Gavin were NOT on the plane...

But there is still rumor I have seen on other sites that Shanna might be the female.

luvbug00 replied: Uhh i really hope she isn't. she may have had trashy moments but overall she really loved her family and wanted to put them back together. bawling.gif

luvmykids replied: OMG! I hope it wasn't Shannon, and I hope it's not true that he didn't make it sleep.gif They both seemed like great parents. Was DJ AM the guy that was engaged to Nicole Ritchie?

mckayleesmom replied:
Yes they were engaged

punkeemunkee'smom replied:

It wasn't Shanna...This article said the first responder said that Travis and DJAM were both running outside the jet trying to put out the flames on themselves so maybe they will pull through!

mckayleesmom replied: UPDATE


As we reported earlier, Travis Barker and celebrity music spinner, DJ AM were critically injured after their Learjet 60 crashed during takeoff from South Carolina's Columbia Metropolitan Airport, just before midnight on Friday. The plane was headed for Van Nuys, CA.

The former Blink 182 drummer, Baker, and DJ AM are in critical condition and being treated for severe burns at an Augusta, Georgia burn center.

Barker was transported by ground to the burn facility from the site of the crash.

DJ AM was airlifted.

Four people died in the crash.

The deceased have been identified as pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, CA co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, CA, Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, CA, and Charles Still, 25 of Los Angeles, CA.

Chris was Travis's assistant.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families.

The plane crash is still under investigation, however, during a press conference late Saturday morning a spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the plane overran the airstrip and proceeded to run into a number of the airport's lights and antenna.

Air traffic controllers reportedly "saw sparks coming from the runway" before the crash. Investigators don't know if that was from the aircraft or its engines.

A South Carolina resident named William Owens was driving down a highway next to the airport when he said he saw a fireball go across the road. He told local TV station WIS News 10:

"I didn't know what I had seen — it was maybe 800 feet in front of me, but as I approached it closer though I made out a fire. By then I was able to see the tail of the jet and I recognized it as a jet," Owens said.

Owens then described what he saw as he tried to make it to the wreckage.

"It's in flames and the fuel is running across the road and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway," Owens said.

Owens said the two men (Travis and DJ AM!) were running around and stripping down to extinguish themselves. He then asked the men if there was anyone else on board the plane and they said four more were with them.

"We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," Owens said.

Travis and AM were in Columbia, South Carolina Friday night for a T-Mobile sponsored concert at Five Points, a popular shopping district.

Musicians Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw were also part of the festivities. Their reps confirmed to us that they WERE NOT on the plane that crashed.

So sad, sad, sad.

Kentuckychick replied: This is so sad... I watched this on the news this morning and my heart just went out to their families. Travis seems like such a wonderful father (I always see pictures of him with his children and they just seem so happy and content with him) and Chris Baker, Travis's assistant who reportedly passed away was also the father of a brand new baby.

There are reports that Adam Goldstein has suffered from burns to his facial area and that Barker's burns are from the waist down but that both are expected to survive. I sure hope so! I can't imagine what they're going through, or what they will go through as they recover. It takes me back to the memories of flight 5191 here in Lexington two years ago and what those families went through...

My prayers are with all of their families.

A&A'smommy replied: My heart and prayers go out to their families.. it really is sad:(

jacobsmama replied: OMG!! It is soooooooooooo sad! bawling.gif

My2Beauties replied: I heard about this, so sad. bawling.gif


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