Travis Barker Plane Crash

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker took a detour on the band's tour to stop by the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Georgia, greet patients and thank the docs who saved his life . "I'm here to say 'thank you' to everyone who took care of me after the accident," Travis said in a statement. "I was sort of unconscious the last time I was here, and I felt like I owed them a big 'thank you.'" Barker was transported to the Burn Center after surviving a plane crash with fellow musician DJ AM in September 2008. The men were the only survivors, and both ... Read Full Story

The pilots of a Learjet that hurtled off a South Carolina runway heard a noise and warned controllers they were going to crash just seconds before the fiery accident that killed them and two others and injured two celebrities, according to transcripts released Friday. What appeared to be a routine departure from Columbia Metropolitan Airport just before midnight Sept. 19 quickly became a disaster as the Learjet 60 emitted a series of metal clicks that drew the attention of pilot Sarah Lemmon and her co-pilot, James Bland "What was that?" Bland asks. "I don't know," Lemmon says. "We're not going though." Moments later, using ... Read Full Story

DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just months ago, was found dead in his apartment Friday. He had a history of drug problems. Police found a crack pipe and prescription pills in the Manhattan apartment, said a law enforcement official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Paramedics had to break down the door before they found him, shirtless and wearing sweatpants, in his bed around 5:20 p.m., the official said. A friend had called police ... Read Full Story

Federal investigators plan to release more information about a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people and injured drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM. The National Transportation Safety Board says it will release its public accident docket Friday containing facts about the September crash at the main airport in Columbia, S.C. The agency is still months away from issuing a final report with the probable cause of the crash. The NTSB has said that crew members thought a tire blew out and tried to abort the takeoff. The pilot and co-pilot and two others died after the Learjet ran off the end ... Read Full Story

The mother of a co-pilot killed in a plane crash that seriously injured former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM has sued the plane's manufacturer, operators and tiremaker. Suellen Lemmon of Washington state sued Bombardier Inc., Learjet Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and others Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Her daughter, Sarah H. Lemmon, was killed in the crash in Columbia, S.C. nearly a year ago. The lawsuit claims a tire blowout damaged other parts of the plane. The wrongful death suit may be linked to claims filed by survivors of three others killed in the crash and Barker and DJ ... Read Full Story