4 die, 2 hurt as star's jet crashes

[Midnight Mike]

20-September-2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Learjet has crashed while departing from a South Carolina airport, killing four people and critically injuring two others including a former member of rock band Blink 182.

NBC News reported that Travis Barker, an ex-drummer with the band who also starred in MTV reality show "Meet the Barkers", was among those hurt. He was transported to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, where he was listed in critical condition on Saturday morning.

Barker had performed Friday night at an event alongside Perry Farrell, the former Jane's Addiction singer, as well as Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803108/

[LGA777]

Ironically, there are no photo's of N999LJ on a.net or JP but I found one on of all places, flightaware.com

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/phot ... N999LJ;o=0 (http://flightaware.com/photos/view/photo/200276-138b2aa94c31fd41f79e3a77acd263e375e1032b;size=full ;tail=N999LJ;o=0)

Looks like the fairly new (2006) and sharpe looking Lear spent a good part of her final week at TEB. She departed TEB on 9-12 for TUL but divereted back to TEB I presume with a MTC issue. She stayed in TEB until 9-18 when a 47 min TEB to TEB flight took place, sounds like a required test hop after significant MTC took place. On the 19th (Friday night) the Lear finally left TEB and proceded to CAE where it spent almost 24 hours prior to the ill-fated flight to VNY. I believe when details emerge about the MTC history of the aircraft whatever happened at TEB will be documented.

RIP to the 4 victims, and while I understand Mr. Barker and Goldstein both have a lot of recovery ahead of them they are both expected to survive.

Regards

LGA777

[flyboy 28]

Here's a different image that wasn't in the article. Sheesh, it's a miracle anyone survived.

http://www.wzzo.com/cc-common/gallery/thumb.php?src=/export/home//cc-common/mlib/2133/09/2133_1222079659.jpg&wmax=446&hmax=410&quality=90