Report: Jet carrying Goldstein and Barker was on fire before stopping

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Report: Jet carrying Goldstein and Barker was on fire before stopping

Story Published: Oct 7, 2008 at 9:53 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 7, 2008 at 9:53 AM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A federal report says a jet that crashed
last month in South Carolina, killing four people and injuring two
others, was on fire as it shot across a road at the end of a runway.

The preliminary report Tuesday by the National Transportation
Safety Board sheds little new light on the crash at the Columbia
airport that injured celebrity disc jockey DJ-AM and former
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. It does indicate the inferno that
consumed the plane started on the airport side of the road before
the jet barreled into an embankment on the other side.

Witnesses saw sparks coming from the plane. The crew told air
traffic controllers a tire blew and were trying to abort the takeoff.

Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, are expected to fully recover.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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