Travis Barker and DJ AM To Recover From Burns Within A Year

By Jane Ivory
15:49, September 22nd 2008
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Travis Barker and DJ AM To Recover From Burns Within A Year

The scary news of Travis Barker and DJ AM’s plane crash Friday night in South Carolina is now followed by optimistic reports from their treating physicians, who say complete recovery is to be looked forward to.

Former Blink 182 member Travis Barker, 32, and celebrity disc jockey Adam Goldstein, 35, were the only survivors Friday night of a tragic airplane crash.

The two had attended earlier that day a free college event in Columbia, together with former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw. They boarded a Learjet 60 at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina, headed for Van Nuys, California.

Shortly after takeoff, past midnight, the plane crashed, killing the four other persons onboard – two pilots and two members of Barker’s crew.

The victims have been identified as pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif.; security guard Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles; and Barker’s assistant Chris Baker, 29, also of Los Angeles, by South Carolina’s Lexington County coroner, Harry Harman, and deputy coroner Brian Setree.

Barker and Goldstein both suffered second- and third-degree burns. They were transported to a nearby burn center in Georgia, the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors’ Hospital in Augusta.

Saturday, the two were listed in critical but stable condition, a spokesperson for the center told People magazine. Medical staff had a more optimistic report Sunday though.

Dr. Fred Mullins, medical director of the burn center, told People that the two men are expected to make full recoveries, perhaps even sooner that the 12 months it usually takes a patient to recover from such burns.

“Since both Barker and Goldstein are in overall good health and didn’t suffer from any other crash-related complications, a full recovery is expected,” Mullins declared.

Mullins offered further details, explaining that Barker suffered burns on his torso and lower body, while Goldstein was burned on his arms and a portion of his head. Both are in critical but stable condition, he concluded.

Officials are currently investigating the accident and a first lead they appear to have concerns a possible tire blowout.

Debbie Hersman, board member of the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, D.C., has told the media that the cockpit voice recorder, which has been recovered, suggests that a tire blowout caused the crash.

The pilot received clearance from Air Traffic Control and began the take-off, only to apparently try to abort the ascension. Air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks coming from the plane as it tried to take-off.

The Learjet left the end of the runway and ultimately crashed a quarter of a mile away, engulfed in flames.

Travis Barker is famous for playing drums in rock band Blink 182, who broke up in 2005, as well as for starring in MTV reality series “Meet the Barkers,” with then-wife Shanna Moakler, former Miss USA. He and Goldstein, who goes by the name DJ AM professionally, perform together under the name TRVSDJ-AM.



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