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Travis Barker's Plane Crash: Crash Recordings Released

HerBadMother — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:28:00 GMT

This is, I'm guessing, really going to freak Travis Barker's kids out. Because it's one thing to know that your dad was in a plane crash; it's quite another to be able to listen to the terror as it happened. Which they can, now that the cockpit recordings of the crash have been released and made available on the Internet.

(The recordings can be heard here and here.)

The stuff captured in the recordings isn't actually all that terrifying. From E! Online:

"Roll the equipment, we're going off the end," copilot James Bland is heard telling air traffic control officials.

Bland's warning was the last communication on the Sept. 19 recording before the private plane shot off the Columbia, S.C., runway and came to a fiery end.

Later in the recording, a controller can be heard telling the pilot of an incoming plane, "We've had an emergency," and instructing the aviator to "fly straight ahead" and land at another airport.

"We see it down there and it doesn't look good," a redirected pilot tells the controllers.

But you know what? That the recordings aren't particularly shrieky doesn't really matter - what's fundamentally unsettling is that they capture what was going on during a terrible, tragic accident.

*shudder*

Hopefully the Barker kids - nor any of the families of the deceased - never listen to it.

Harlow Madden Looks Up To Daddy

trix — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:04:00 GMT

Joel Madden, didn't you read the sign? You're not supposed to take your stroller on the escalator.

Though I'm sure the thought of getting trapped in an elevator, with the paparazzi waiting outside of it to get your picture, would make you willing to break the rules a little.

Harlow is getting so big. It seems like just yesterday, that we were all worried that Nicole was going to give birth while in jail. Now she's a big girl looking for her daddy. Will she grow up to be a daddy's girl? I think so.

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Whit Honea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMT

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Travis Barker Plane Crash UPDATE: Lil Chris Baker's Wife Not Pregnant (Photos)

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:25:00 GMT

Despite previous reports, it is now being reported that "Lil' Chris" Baker's wife was not in labor at the time of the plane crash that took Baker's life. Earlier, sources had said that Travis Barker, DJ AM, Barker's assistant "Lil' Chris" and three others were rushing home to Los Angeles so that Baker could be by his wife's side when she gave birth.

A rep for DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, issued this statement:

"In regards to [inaccurate reports], Lil Chris Baker did not ask for a jet to meet his wife in delivery because she's not even pregnant. A private jet had always been chartered as DJ AM had a private engagement today in Los Angeles."

Baker and his wife are parents of a 2-year old son.

Barker and Goldstein were seriously burned in the plane crash that took the lives of Baker and three other passengers on Friday night and were reported to be in critical but stable condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga. The group had boarded the Lear jet hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students.

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DJ AM- Calls Mom, Nicole Richie Reacts To Plane Crash

trix — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:15:00 GMT

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was in a fatal plane crash last night and "was completely terrified and traumatized" from the experience. The medical staff said that he was lucky to be alive.

He was able to call his mom from the ambulance and tell her what happened. Oh my god, could you imagine getting that phone call, how terrifying.

"DJ AM suffered severe burns to his face. He is currently in a doctor-induced coma so he can "undergo skin grafts in an attempt to repair some of the extensive burn damage."

DJ AM's former fiancee, "Nicole Richie, 'is in shock, she wishes only the best for Adam and hopes he recovers from this, she's horribly upset about the people who died.'"

Joel Madden, Nicole's current partner and father of Harlow, is friends with Travis Barker, who was injured in the plane crash as well, feels terrible and hopes they recover.

Video News Report Here

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Updated: Travis Barker and DJ AM in Plane Crash

Whit Honea — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:11:00 GMT

Travis Barker and DJ AM were the only two survivors from a plane crash in Columbia, South Carolina. They are in critical condition.

Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were leaving Columbia after playing a large outdoor concert Saturday night. According to CNN, "the Learjet 60 crashed on takeoff at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport at 11:53 p.m." It was headed to Van Nuys, California.

From CNN:

"They overran the end of runway 11. They impacted the antenna array and a number of lights at the end of the runway. They went through the perimeter fence and across the roadway here," said NTSB spokeswoman Debbie Hersman, briefing reporters on Saturday. "There was a significant post-crash fire."

William Owens told WIS-TV he was driving down Highway 302 when he said he saw a fireball go across the road.

"I didn't know what I had seen -- it was maybe 800 feet in front of me, but as I approached it closer though, I made out a fire. By then I was able to see the tail of the jet and I recognized it as a jet," Owens said.

Owens told the station he tried to get to the wreckage.

"It's in flames and the fuel is running across the road and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway," Owens said.

Owens told WIS-TV the two men were running around and pulling off clothing to put out the flames. He said he asked them if anyone else was on board the plane and they said four people were with them.

"We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," Owens said.

The four other people on the plane were pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, co-pilot James Bland, 52, Chris Baker, 29, and Charles Still, 25, all from California.

Travis Barker has been the subject of various rumors over the past couple of years regarding his alleged death. He and Goldstein are listed in critical condition with severe burns.

Travis Barker has two children.

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Give Us a Glimpse Into The Future

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:15:00 GMT

My first thought when I saw this picture was, "Oh look - it's Nicole Richie and Joel Madden with their daughter. I must have fallen asleep for eight years." Don't laugh - it's happened before.

I found out the girl in the middle is actually Nicole's half-sister Sophia. Who knew she had a sister? I think if Joel and Nicole have a girl she'll look exactly like Sophia. And if it's a boy, Joel's hoping he doesn't look like Nicole's ex DJ AM.

[photo: US Magazine]