# Private Jet Crash In S. Carolina **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432 "2008-09-20T14:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/1 "2008-09-20T14:29:10Z")
Travis Barker (from Blink-182) was critically injured, as well as DJ AM, when their plane ran off the runway. They are both in critical condition in a burn unit. [Details here.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803108/) I’m terrified at the thought that Perry Farrell might be among the dead. Here’s hoping these guys pull through and make it out the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/2 "2008-09-20T15:01:46Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > I’m terrified at the thought that Perry Farrell might be among the dead. According to a comment on tmz (which I never read, ever, honest!) > [@](#): > > Farrell’s manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane and > [@](#): > > Confirmed - Gavin Degraw was NOT on the plane ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/3 "2008-09-20T15:08:46Z")
Thanks for that; it gives me a little peace. I actually watched the VMAs this time around, and was amazed at Barker’s drumming. He reminds me quite a bit of Dave Navarro, to be honest. I really hope he’s okay. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/4 "2008-09-20T17:55:46Z")
Thank God no FAMOUS people died - only nobodies. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/5 "2008-09-20T18:09:25Z")
[quote=“lawoot, post:4, topic:464432”] Thank God no FAMOUS people died - only nobodies. :mad:[/QUOT Seconded! Man… ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/6 "2008-09-21T03:36:53Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Thank God no FAMOUS people died - only nobodies. :mad: Sorry, what? That’s kinda insensitive, dontcha think? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/7 "2008-09-21T03:38:00Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > Sorry, what? That’s kinda insensitive, dontcha think? I think that was the point. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/8 "2008-09-21T03:42:12Z")
Other reports mentioned that Chris Baker, Barker’s assistant who died in the crash, was married with a very young child. He was featured in Barker’s reality show, so some people might know of him. Obviously no one in the media would have any information about the two pilots or the security person. It does seem cynically focused on the famous people who didn’t die, but it would be the same if the famous people had been the ones to die, and the unknowns had escaped. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/9 "2008-09-21T04:31:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I think that was the point. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/10 "2008-09-21T04:36:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I think that was the point. So did anybody else have the same non-PC thoughts that I had after reading the link and viewing the pictures? I wonder what Travis Barker’s tats are going to look like with all that scar tissue? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/11 "2008-09-21T04:56:55Z")
I confess. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/12 "2008-09-21T05:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Confirmed - Gavin Degraw was NOT on the plane I wouldn’t wish death on anyone (well, not anyone who didn’t really do anything bad beyond recording really shitty music) but I wouldn’t mind if Gavin DeGraw lost his vocal cords in an accident. I can’t stand that guy. What was he even doing in the same article as Perry Farrell? ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/13 "2008-09-21T08:39:09Z")
e:nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/14 "2008-09-21T12:03:09Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > So did anybody else have the same non-PC thoughts that I had after reading the link and viewing the pictures? > I wonder what Travis Barker’s tats are going to look like with all that scar tissue? :eek: Yeah, I had the thought “It’s a shame about the damage to all that ink…” Hope the survivors pull through, but burns are bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/15 "2008-09-21T13:38:12Z")
Wow, that sucks so bad for everone involved. [This](http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b30099_barker_am_really_badly_burned_shanna.html)story says that DJ AM is worse off than Barker. They say more than 50% of his body is burned including his face, but that Barker is mostly burned from the waist down. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/16 "2008-09-22T12:21:40Z")
That stinks. I had just learned who Travis Barker was last week after stumbling across this link of him covering a Busta Rhymes song. I mean, I knew about Blink 182 but not much else about anyone in the band. [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-q2bSko9Z2U4/travis\_barker\_remix\_busta\_rhymes\_dont\_touch\_me/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-q2bSko9Z2U4/travis_barker_remix_busta_rhymes_dont_touch_me/) (NSFW lyrics) Man, he’s beating on that hi hat like it owes him money. Look for him to shatter his left stick at 2:37 then grab a replacement without missing a beat. Anyway, I hope he recovers OK and gets full mobility back. ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/17 "2008-09-22T16:53:26Z")
Today’s [Augusta Chronicle](http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/092208/met_476730.shtml) is reporting DJ AM’s burns aren’t to his face, but rather to his scalp and his arm. I had no idea he’s had such [such a tough go in life](http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2008/01/dj-am?currentPage=1). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/18 "2008-09-22T16:57:49Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Thank God no FAMOUS people died - only nobodies. :mad: Word. Jesus Christ! ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-jet-crash-in-s-carolina/464432/19 "2008-09-22T17:21:58Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Thank God no FAMOUS people died - only nobodies. :mad: Yeah, first I heard of this story was a news report on T.V. They were just about to go to commercial and mentioned the plane crash as a “tease” to keep viewers through the commercial break, “details to follow” kinda thing. Paraphrased, they said: “Deaths in a plane crash in South Carolina including celebrities among the injured.” I immediately changed the channel. Wasn’t until I opened this Thread that I learned the details. Really really low class. If it was a minor crash that only resulted in a few injuries, and two celebrities were among the injured, and they “teased” the story with something like “When we return: two celebrities among the injured in a plane crash”, it still would have been tacky but I would concede that in a minor crash there would be human interest to be mined from the celebrity presence. But mentioning that there were actual deaths as a _lead up_ the the big story that celebrities were _injured_??? Low class.