Travis Barker & Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein expected to make full recovery after plane crash

fametastic.co.uk - 21st Sep 2008

Travis Barker: Travis Barker and Nicole Richie’s former fiance Adam Goldstein (aka DJ AM) are both expected to make full recoveries despite being in seriously burnt in a plane crash just after midnight on Saturday morning. The pair had been playing at a college event in South Carolina on Friday night before boarding a Learjet with a security guard Charles Still and Travis’ assistant Chris Baker. A spokesperson for the airport, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, explained: “The plane crashed on take-off and went through a fence near Highway 302, then crossed the road and went up an embankment before being filled with flames. There was debris all over the runway.” Still and Baker, along with pilot Sarah Lemmon and co-pilot James Blan Read full story at fametastic.co.uk

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