October 22, 2008

Experts: Tire Rims From SC Learjet Scarred Runway

Federal aviation officials say tires on the doomed jet that crashed last month in South Carolina, killing four and injuring two others, shredded as the plane ran out of runway. The National Transportation Safety Board also said Wednesday that adhesive used on reflectors used to mark the runway in Columbia was found near debris from the tires of the Learjet that crashed on takeoff just before midnight Sept. 19.


October 16, 2008

DJ AM Describes Fleeing Burning Jet

DJ AM says the burns on his fingers came from trying to pull Travis Barker’s sock off while it was on fire. DJ AM tells People magazine he fell asleep on the runway and the next thing he remembers is crashing into something. DJ AM and Barker survived the plane crash in Columbia, South Carolina, last month.


October 09, 2008

Travis Barker Speaks About Plane Crash

Travis Barker says he always did have a fear of flying. Barker tells Us Weekly magazine he hates planes and his biggest fear ever was to be in a plane crash.


October 08, 2008

Report: Doomed SC Jet Was On Fire Before Stopping

A federal report says a jet that crashed last month in South Carolina, killing four people and injuring two others, was on fire as it shot across a road at the end of a runway.


September 26, 2008

Spokeswoman: DJ AM Released From Burn Hospital

A spokeswoman for DJ AM says the celebrity disc jockey has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash a week ago. Jenni Weinman said Friday that DJ AM had been released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta.


September 24, 2008

Dash Cam Video Sheds More Light On Columbia Plane Crash

The investigation continues into the Columbia, SC plane crash that killed 4 and injured former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, and celebrity disc jockey, DJ AM (Adam Goldstein). Some new dash cam video from the first police officer to arrive on the scene sheds more light on what exactly happened.


September 23, 2008

Dash Cam Video Captures Resulting Fire From Columbia, SC Plane Crash

A pilot and co-pilot killed in a learjet crash in South Carolina died from smoke inhalation and burns. That was the word, Monday, from the Lexington County Coroner. He also says two passengers were killed by the impact. We have dash cam video from the scene.


September 21, 2008

Plane Crash Update: Drummer, DJ Expected To Make Full Recovery

The medical director of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital where former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM are being treated says both men are expected to make full recoveries.  The musicians were critically injured in a South Carolina plane crash that killed four people late Friday.  Dr. Fred Mullins said Sunday morning that both men are being treated for second- and third-degree burns at a Georgia hospital.  Mullins says recovery from such burns can take as long as a year but notes the men had no other injuries.


September 20, 2008

Fans Gather To Support Blink 182 Drummer, DJ-AM At Doctors Hospital Vigil

Word about the two patients being in Augusta, has been spreading very fast all day.  Today WJBF News Channel 6 got reaction from some of the fans outside of the Joseph Still Burn Center.  Saturday, fans gathered outside of Doctors Hospital, in a state of shock.  Hoping to get any information they could on Blink 182’s former drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM’s condition.

Former Blink-182 Drummer, DJ “Critical, But Stable” at Joseph M. Still Burn Center Following Crash

SATURDAY NIGHT UPDATE:  Click to read official Press Release on conditions of plane victims.  South Carolina officials say four California residents died in the fiery Learjet crash that also critically injured former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM.  The Lexington County coroner said Saturday that pilot Sarah Lemmon of Anaheim Hills and co-pilot James Bland of Carlsbad died.  Also killed were passengers Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City , and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles.  Authorities say the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. The plane headed for Van Nuys, Calif., went off a runway, through a fence and crashed on a nearby road.  Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were in critical condition at a burn center in Augusta , Ga.

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