I have some terrible news this morning. Reports have come in that Travis Barker and DJ AM were in a plane crash and both suffered severe injuries.

Officials say a
Learjet has crashed while departing from a Columbia, S.C., airport,
killing four people on board and critically injuring two others --
ex-Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and "DJ AM" Adam Goldstein.

It was not immediately clear who else was on board the jet. Federal
Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane
carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when
air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. She says the plane
went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.

It gets worse...

Someone emailed me this morning saying the unnamed dead were the band, Blink 182. Here is the email:

Vera--

I just found out some very sad news.  There has been a plane crash near Columbia SC and the entire band of Blink 182 has been killed.  CNN hasn't picked up on this yet, but someone I know who works in air traffic informed me of this just minutes ago.  I'm searching for info, but appears the news hasn't been released to anyone yet.  I'm just so sad.  Wanted to share with you as I'm sure info will be released shortly.

I can't confirm the email, but I wanted to share it so it can be debunked. If anyone hears that this isn't true, PLEASE post it in the comment section.

Update: Reader just emailed me and said her friend probably misunderstood Travis Barker's relationship with Blink 182. The rest of the group was NOT on the plane! PHEW!!

This news is truly devastating.

Update: Though both critical, we now know that Travis and Adam are in a burn unit together. We do know the pair was returning from a concert with former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw. Let's hope they weren't on the plane either...

Barker, 32, reportedly was taken to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, and was listed in critical condition Saturday morning. Hospital
officials also confirmed that DJ AM (real name: Adam Michael
Goldstein), was also admitted to the burn unit, in critical condition. 

Update 2: Two dead were crew. Two left to confirm. This is just terrible.

Update 3: Hospital just released statement saying Barker and Goldstein both have "extensive burns".

Update 4: A INO reader from Georgia just emailed me that her local news is claiming the injuries are so extensive that both parties are not likely to survive.
The two unnamed bodies are also currently receiving autopsies to determine the identity.

Update 5: Perry Ferrell was not on the plane.

Update 6: Some good news. Both Travis and Adam are stable. Critical... but stable. THANK GOODNESS!!!!!

"Both Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein are in critical but stable
condition," Beth Frits, spokesperson for the Joseph M. Still Burn
Center, tells PEOPLE. "Goldstein was airlifted here and Barker was
brought by ground transportation. So they arrived separately." 

Update 7: Details emerged from ABC News claiming that Travis and Adam walked away from the wreckage on their own before rescue team could arrive.

Barker and Goldstein got out of the plane on their own before rescue
crews arrived, according to Lynne Douglas, a spokeswoman for the
Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The four who died never emerged from the
plane's burning wreckage. 

Update 8: Three people have been identified. Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31,
of Anaheim Hills, CA co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, CA and
Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, CA. My thoughts are with their families.

Update 9:  Eyewithness at the scene recalls what he saw:

"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 then described what he saw as he tried to make it 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 said the two men were running
around and stripping down to extinguish themselves. He then asked the
men if there was anyone else on board the plane and they said four more
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.

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