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24th Apr 2010, 14:25
Under-inflated tires and a failed attempt to abort takeoff caused a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people and seriously injured Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, federal safety investigators said in a final report released Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board discussed and voted on the conclusions during a meeting in Washington earlier this month. The report marks the end of the agency's investigation into the September 2008 crash at Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
Barker and DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, had just finished a concert and were taking off in their chartered jet with two of Barker's staff members and two pilots on Sept. 19, 2008.
As the plane hurtled down the runway at about 150 mph, all four tires exploded, and the brakes failed after pieces of the tires damaged the plane's hydraulic system.
The pilot tried to abort the takeoff even though the plane had already exceeded the speed at which the takeoff could be safely rejected. The jet crashed through a fence, crossed a five-lane highway, hit an embankment and was engulfed in flames.
Barker and Goldstein survived the crash with serious burns. Goldstein died in New York last year of an accidental drug overdose.
http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/24/1258022/cause-of-plane-crash-officially.html#ixzz0m1mDmGxg (http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/24/1258022/cause-of-plane-crash-officially.html#ixzz0m1mDmGxg)
The National Transportation Safety Board discussed and voted on the conclusions during a meeting in Washington earlier this month. The report marks the end of the agency's investigation into the September 2008 crash at Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
Barker and DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, had just finished a concert and were taking off in their chartered jet with two of Barker's staff members and two pilots on Sept. 19, 2008.
As the plane hurtled down the runway at about 150 mph, all four tires exploded, and the brakes failed after pieces of the tires damaged the plane's hydraulic system.
The pilot tried to abort the takeoff even though the plane had already exceeded the speed at which the takeoff could be safely rejected. The jet crashed through a fence, crossed a five-lane highway, hit an embankment and was engulfed in flames.
Barker and Goldstein survived the crash with serious burns. Goldstein died in New York last year of an accidental drug overdose.
http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/24/1258022/cause-of-plane-crash-officially.html#ixzz0m1mDmGxg (http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/24/1258022/cause-of-plane-crash-officially.html#ixzz0m1mDmGxg)