News about travis barker plane crash
Former Blink-182 Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker Travis Barker Travis Barker and DJ AM DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina.
Travis Barker, the former drummer for the pop-punk band Blink 182, and Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, were hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns after the fatal crash of a Learjet Friday on takeoff from Columbia S.C.
Barker and AM had just performed at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show in the Five Points area, along with Perry Farrell Perry Farrell Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw Gavin DeGraw Gavin DeGraw.
Travis Barker and DJ AM were passengers on plane that crashed, critically injuring them and killing four others.
DJ AM and musician Travis Barker pose backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.
Barker, 32, and Goldstein, 35, managed to get out of the plane on their own before rescue crews arrived, according to Lynne Douglas, a spokeswoman for the Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
According to TMZ.com, Barker sustained burns from the waist down , while AM suffered facial burns; UsMagazine.com reported that AM was in a doctor-induced coma and will undergo skin grafts.
Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical condition at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, about 75 miles southwest of Columbia, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said.
Officials said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks.
According to CNN, representatives for Farrell and DeGraw told the AP Saturday that the two performers were not aboard the plane.
The report from MTV and others say Still worked in a security capacity for Barker.
The crash took place just before midnight on Friday and involved a twin-engine private Learjet with six passengers onboard, according to Lynne Douglas, public information officer for the Columbia Metro Airport.
Farrell’s manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane.
The plane was headed for Van Nuys, Calif.
On Saturday afternoon, several people gathered where the musicians performed the night before.
Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical but stable condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., on Saturday afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said.
Baker was an assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.
The nose of the aircraft was gone and the roof was missing from two-thirds of the charred plane.
Baker was an assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.
After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock band “pronounced “plus forty-four.”
Officials said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks.
After filing for divorce in 2006 his brief relationship with socialite-reality TV star Paris Hilton was tabloid fodder.
They said the plane went off the runway and crashed on a highway embankment, catching fire.
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