News Update: Blink 182 Plane Crash
COLUMBIA, South Carolina 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.
Barker and Goldstein had played at a huge free outdoor concert in Columbia’s Five Points district on Saturday night, CNN affiliate WIS-TV said.
DJ AM, left, and Travis Barker backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7.
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.
Federal investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the crash site but said they aren’t sure whether information on the device survived the blaze.
William Owens told WIS-TV he was driving down Highway 302 when he said he saw a fireball go across the road.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the twin-engine private jet was cleared for takeoff on a flight to Van Nuys, California, and began its takeoff roll a few minutes before midnight.
“Air traffic controllers did observe sparks from the aircraft as it was going down the runway and immediately alerted fire-rescue crews at the airport,” Hersman said Saturday evening in West Columbia.
Investigators are also obtaining recordings of conversations between controllers in the tower and the jet’s two-person crew, said National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Debbie Hersman.
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He said he asked them whether anyone else was on board the plane, and they said four people were with them.
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein were in critical condition with extensive burns Saturday after a jet crash that killed four people, authorities said.
Beth Frits, spokeswoman at the Joseph Still Burn Center, in Augusta, Georgia, said Barker and Goldstein arrived at the hospital early Saturday.
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The National Transportation Safety Board has sent team to West Columbia, South Carolina, to investigate the crash.
He identified them as pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad; Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City; and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles.
The Associated Press reported that Baker was an assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.
