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(CNN) -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and singer-song artist Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were in critical condition with extensive burns Saturday after a jet crash the night before that killed four people, authorities said.

Two of the four who died late Friday were passengers and two were crew members, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement.

The NTSB has sent a Go Team to Columbia, South Carolina, to investigate the crash.

The Learjet 60 crashed on takeoff at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport at 11:53 p.m. Friday.

Beth Frits, spokeswoman at the Joseph Still Burn Center, in Augusta, Georgia, said Barker and Goldstein arrived at the hospital early Saturday. She said both men had "extensive burns."

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.

Other acts at the concert included Perry Farrell, former of Jane's Addiction, and singer Gavin DeGraw, Columbia Mayor Bob Coble told The Associated Press.

Representatives for Farrell and DeGraw told AP they were not on the plane.

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 "saw sparks coming from the runway -- whether that was from the aircraft or its engines, we don't know," Bergen said Saturday.

The jet left the ground but crashed near the end of the runway on a road adjacent to the airport, she said.
There were no other aircraft on the runway and no vehicles on the road, Bergen said.

William Owens told WIS-TV he was driving down Highway 302 when he said he saw a fireball go across the road.

"I didn't know what I had seen -- it was maybe 800 feet in front of me, but as I approached it closer though, I made out a fire. By then I was able to see the tail of the jet and I recognized it as a jet," Owens said.

Owens told the station he tried to get to the wreckage.

"It's in flames and the fuel is running across the road and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway," Owens said.

Owens told WIS-TV the two men were running around and pulling off clothing to put out the flames. He said he asked them if anyone else was on board the plane and they said four people were with them.

"We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," Owens said.

The Five Points Association has released a statement saying that they are "deeply saddened by this event and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's and their families," WIS reported.

Officials told the station the airport will be closed until noon.

Has this been posted before? Guy's a heck of a drummer.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKQgDY0pZ68[/youtube]

Damn. That really stinks for him.

He IS lucky to be alive. At a recent camping trip near here two kids were burned pretty badly, about the same level of injuries. One didn't make it.

Plane crash victim DJ AM sues for $20 million
Adam Goldstein seeks damages after last year's tragedy

March 17, 2009
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Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein is suing several companies for a total of $20 million following the September 2008 plane crash that killed four people.

Goldstein and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker escaped the burning wreckage of a Learjet that crashed during takeoff in South Carolina.

Goldstein is seeking $10 million to cover his medical expenses, which included several skin grafts for the burns he suffered. He is also looking to cover lost earnings and profits. He is seeking a further $10 million to compensate his mental and physical trauma, reports the Associated Press.

As previously reported, Goldstein filed his complaint for negligence and breach of contract in December in Los Angeles Superior Court.

In the suit he names several companies and the estates of the two pilots, who both died in the crash. The lawsuit names Goodyear Tire And Rubber Co, which responded that it was premature to speculate on what role tires may have played. He is also suing Learjet.

Several companies have requested a delay in the trial until the completion of a government investigation into the crash.

Pilot transcript released in DJ AM, Travis Barker crash
Files show they knew they were going to crash

August 7, 2009
http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/46570



The transcript has been released of a conversation between the two pilots of the Learjet that crashed in South Carolina last year, leaving Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein as the sole survivors.

The file indicates that pilot Sarah Lemmon and her co-pilot James Bland heard a series of clicking noises during take-off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport on the night of September 19, 2008.

"What was that?" Bland asked. "I don't know," Lemmon said. "We're not going though." Lemmon then reportedly slammed on the brakes and one of the pilots said: "What is going on here?", reports the Associated Press.

Bland then instructed the airport to alert its emergency services saying: "Roll the equipment, we're going off the end."

The plane tore through a fence at the end of the runway, crossed a highway and slammed into an embankment. The plane caught fire and four people died, including both pilots.

Barker and Goldstein escaped from the burning plane and were treated for burns.

Blink-182's Travis Barker settles plane-crash lawsuit
Learjet was among the defendants

December 9, 2009
http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/48798



Ex-Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker's lawsuit against companies involved in the plane crash he was involved in in September last year has been settled.

The defendants of the lawsuit included the Learjet company, who made the aeroplane that crashed with him on board, as well as Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

Lawyer William L Robinson, representing some of the defending companies, said the case was settled and the details were confidential, reports Billboard.

DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, also survived the crash, although four people died in it. Goldstein died of a suspected overdose in August.