Travis Barker, DJ AM Critical After Plane Crash

[Homer]

Travis Barker, DJ AM Critical After Plane Crash
Posted Sep 20th 2008 9:49AM by TMZ Staff

Travis Barker and DJ AM were passengers on plane that crashed, critically injuring them and killing four others. The jet was departing from a South Carolina airport.

Travis was taken by ambulance to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA and is in critical but stable condition. DJ AM, real name Adam Michael Goldstein, was airlifted to the burn center and is also in critical but stable condition.

Barker had performed Friday night with Perry Farrell, Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM. It has not been confirmed if Farrell and DeGraw were also traveling on the same jet.


A FAA spokesperson said the plane carrying six people attempted to take off shortly before midnight Friday from Columbia, South Carolina when people in the tower reporting seeing sparks. They said the plane went off the runway and crashed on an a highway embankment, catching fire.

[Tara]

 :((

[Homer]

The story gets sadder  :(

Tragic Twist In Jet Crash -- Why They Flew
Posted Sep 20th 2008 8:00PM by TMZ Staff

Travis Barker's assistant wanted to get home in time for his pregnant wife to give birth.

We've now learned why Barker and his friends decided to get on that doomed lear jet in South Carolina late last night, and the explanation can only be described as a horribly cruel twist of fate.

It all started some time yesterday, when Barker's assistant, Chris Baker, told the guys that his wife was going into labor. Barker told him that he would do everything in his power to get Baker back to the hospital in time.

The quickest way back to Van Nuys was that Lear jet. We're told Barker usually won't fly on private jets, but made an exception for what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of Baker's life.

The plane crashed shortly after midnight, killing four people -- including Chris Baker. Baker's wife went into labor early this morning.

[Tara]

Oh man, that really sucks.

[Stinkerbell]

 

[Monkey]

That's terrible. 

[who me?]

   Ahhh geez, that's just horrible.
Bless all their families and the poor lil babe that will never get to know it's papa 
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[Homer]

Full Recovery Expected for Barker and DJ AM
Posted Sep 21st 2008 8:36AM by TMZ Staff

A doctor has announced that Travis Barker and DJ AM are expected to have a full recovery after yesterday's horrific plane crash.

Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were severely burned yesterday when their Learjet crashed before takeoff from a Columbia, South Carolina airport. The crash killed four people, including Barker's assistant Chris Baker.

Dr. Fred Mullins said both Travis and Adam suffered second and third-degree burns. Mullins said Barker's torso and Adam's hands and part of his head were burned.