MSNBC is reporting that drummer Travis Barker is in critical condition following a plane crash. The Lear 60 aircraft was departing an airport in Columbia, South Carolina late Friday night when traffic controllers reported seeing sparks from the vehicle. The jet reportedly failed to lift off, went off the runway and crashed into a nearby road. The Learjet was headed to Van Nuys, California. CNN has an image of the wreckage.
Two crew members, and two passengers on board were killed while two others were critically injured, including Barker. He was transferred to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia and is listed in critical condition as of this morning. The other injured party was DJ AM, real name Adam Michael Goldstein. He is also in critical.
Barker had performed that night at an event alongside former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, singer Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM. There is no word yet if Farrell and DeGraw were traveling on the plane.
Travis Barker is currently the drummer for Plus 44 and previously played in both the The Aquabats and most famously Blink 182
Source MSNBC is reporting that drummer Travis Barker is in critical condition following a plane crash. The Lear 60 aircraft was departing an airport in Columbia, South Carolina late Friday night when traffic controllers reported seeing sparks from the vehicle. The jet reportedly failed to lift off, went off the runway and crashed into a nearby road. The Learjet was headed to Van Nuys, California. CNN has an image of the wreckage.
Two crew members, and two passengers on board were killed while two others were critically injured, including Barker. He was transferred to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia and is listed in critical condition as of this morning. The other injured party was DJ AM, real name Adam Michael Goldstein. He is also in critical.
Barker had performed that night at an event alongside former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, singer Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM. There is no word yet if Farrell and DeGraw were traveling on the plane.
Travis Barker is currently the drummer for Plus 44 and previously played in both the The Aquabats and most famously Blink 182
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