2008 rides again

[cleolinda]

4 killed in SC plane crash; drummer, DJ injured: "Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, authorities said Saturday." They both apparently have "extensive burns." Apparently Perry Ferrell and Gavin DeGraw have been confirmed as not being on the plane. MTV is saying that one of the four killed was Barker's assistant, and two more were the pilot and co-pilot. No word yet on who the fourth person was.

ETA: The fourth victim was Barker's bodyguard, and the whole thing sounds pretty horrific.

Comments

[demonoflight.livejournal.com]

Oh, OUCH. ._.; Let's hope they survive shall we. *crosses fingers*

(screw you 2008 why do you suck)

[akathorne.livejournal.com]

There's a report now that the 4th man was Charles Still, Travis's bodyguard.

I read that DJ AM had burns to the face and that Travis was burned "from the waist down," which sounds pretty dire.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh Lord.

(I like how MTV helpfully added that they were the "house band" for the VMAs.)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Heh. That was a bit...incongruous?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they meant it as "You might have most recently seen them at...," but it came off... kind of weird.

(Note to self: never, ever get on a plane with a musician. EVER.)

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

It does sound a little bit like tasteless cross-promotion.

I know. They seem to have the worst luck. Though, admittedly, they catch a lot more planes than 95% of the rest of us, so the statistics have got to be skewed against them purely because of that.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was what I was thinking--occupational hazard from so much traveling and touring.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

And they use small planes, which are riskier than big planes.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Not all air travel is created equal.

Big commercial jets rarely crash -- so rarely that when one does, almost anywhere in the whole world, it makes the news. For a whole host of reasons, small planes are not nearly as safe. (Also, helicopters are even more dangerous than motorcycles, and then once you get to hang gliding ...)


I don't mean to make light of those who've died in small planes. But it doesn't reflect on the dangers of everyday air travel.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Especially this year.

[pinkpiper222.livejournal.com]

Good thinking. There's a 98% chance it's not going to end well...

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Oh, Christ. I hope they pull through okay.

[prix-etoile.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the fourth is Charles Still. I'm in Columbia and this is all over our local news channels and, of course, the national ones.

Gavin DeGraw and Perry Ferrell are on ground here in Columbia...and the plane overran the runway, hit the lights on the runway, went through the fence and into the embankment that was across the street from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport.

An eyewitness says the plane was a fireball when it hit the embankment and that DJ AM and Travis Barker were in the road, trying to put the fire on their bodies out.

ETA: They're in the Augusta Burn Center...and they are "stable but critical"

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh sweet Lord, that sounds horrific.

[prix-etoile.livejournal.com]

Here are pictures at WISTV.com of the crash (http://www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=127802). And all over the front page is more information.

It sounds absolutely horrific. I'm surprised I didn't hear sirens or anything...I'm about 15 minutes away from the airport in my apartment. I'm hoping the best for the survivors and the officials are going to go through the wreckage and try to find out what caused all of this, if there's an airplane reason.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

(For people reading this thread: it's just pictures of the plane, so it's not gory or anything.)

[laerwen.livejournal.com]

Christ on a cracker! D:

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

At least I know people in the Augusta Burn Center are competent. Half the doctors there are the parents of people I went to high school with. :/

[nc-bookworm.livejournal.com]

That is so horrible. :-(

[ipuchan.livejournal.com]

O NO! I LOVE TRAVIS!!!! *dies* he was my fav part of the mtv awards o goodness he needs get better :< and everyone else and omg :

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

That sounds horrible. I hope they both recover from their burns.

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

I had a crush on Travis during the BLINK days. I hope he and the other survivors pull through.

2008 is not a good year to be a celebrity...

[t4-flirt.livejournal.com]

Damn, 2008 needs to go away already. This year has sucked hardcore.

I hope Travis and that DJ get better soon...that has got to be horrible. *shakes head*

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

That just sounds so horrible.

I hope everyone pulls through.

[saramiskismet.livejournal.com]

... fuck.

That's really tragic. I'm going to sound so inconsiderate saying this, but I'm glad Travis didn't die and I hope he makes it through his injuries.

I'm especially concerned about him and not the other people, though. God, celebrity ate my brain and I didn't even know it... *kicks the dirt disgruntledly*

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

I'm going to celebrate more than usual at the end of this year. 2008 needs to be over already. I do hope they'll be okay, because all of that sounds horrible.

[quitesometime.livejournal.com]

shit.

[batmaz.livejournal.com]

Oh God... that's so terrible. It was only recently that the guy who produced some of Blink's albums died too. Just yet another of the "curses of 2008".

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Damn. There have been a few plane crashes this past month, haven't there?

[thenotoriousso4.livejournal.com]

I think we'll all be lucky if we manage to survive this year... good grief!

[claidissa.livejournal.com]

This is horrible.

Also, what the hell. People I know have died more in 2008 than any other year I've been alive. >:|

[numbedtoe.livejournal.com]

Idk why, but this is really bothering me today. Usually I shrug this stuff off, think the normal things of, 'Well that's terrible' and move on, but this is really bugging me today.

I hope they pull through ok and I honestly feel for all the loved ones involved.

[sweetsyren.livejournal.com]

Oh deities. *send out her condolences and loads of healing vibes* That is just horrific.

This year has been a hell of a year for things like that hasn't it? There was that passenger plane in a Madrid and the one in Russia not so long ago.

Hell of a year.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

2008 is definitely turning out to be a bum year - for celebrities, for people in the financial sector, natural disasters.

My dad actually seems to be relishing the idea of November 4th turning into a quagmire of controversy. ::facepalm::

[saint-kat.livejournal.com]

Holy hell. That sounds terrible.

I just hope that Travis and DJ AM are recovering well at the hospita.