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Barker/AM Jet Owner Blames "Defective" Runway

Posted Jan 30th 2009 10:07AM by TMZ Staff

The legal blame game in the Travis Barker/DJ AM crash continues, with the owner and operator of the plane suing the the airport and the tire company and the company that designed the jet for more than $12 million.
Travis Barker
In court papers filed in South Carolina, Inter Travel & Services (the owner) and Global Exec Aviation (the operator) have placed blame on the "defective" jet and the "defective" runway at Columbia Metro Airport -- claiming those were the two main reasons the jet plowed nose-first into a raised embankment.

Barker's assistant and bodyguard were killed in the incident, and Travis and AM were critically injured. Goodyear Tire also was named as a defendant in the Federal suit.

Barker already has sued Learjet and Goodyear. AM has filed against the same defendants, in addition to Inter Travel and Global. The estates of the plane's co-pilots also have been sued.

The NTSB has yet to issue its judgment on what caused the crash.

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1. There just isn't any 'accidents' anymore are there? Let's play the blame game and see who gets rich.

Posted at 10:59AM on Jan 30th 2009 by belome

2. What a bunch of idiots. They should be kissing the ground of the runway, they are lucky to be alive.

Posted at 11:18AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Chucky

3. Id sue too!

Posted at 11:36AM on Jan 30th 2009 by TRUE

4. Could you imagine almost dying in a plane, i'd sue the pants off somebody, make them pay for my bills etc.....and all that.

Posted at 11:37AM on Jan 30th 2009 by better than dead

5. DJ AM's claim to fame is that he:

1) Used to be really fat
2) Dated another Z-lister, Nicole Richie
3) Grabs records by their outer edges and places them on a rotating turntable

Now we can add a new item:

4) Heartless, money-grubbing douchebag that sues the family of a dead person who died in a horrific accident

Posted at 11:37AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Joxers

6. you guys are idiots, travis and AM arent suing anyone else, this is nothing new, go bitch at the plane company you worthless maggots

Posted at 11:39AM on Jan 30th 2009 by boris

7. I work for Travis and he DID NOT sue the pilots estates you bastards. He is in contact with them you idiots!

Posted at 11:40AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Jimmy

8. So what, hopefully Barker and Goldstein take home a huge chunk of coin. Good for them.

Posted at 11:43AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Realist

9. #5's claim to fame:

1) ummmmmmmm



Now we can add another item to the list:

2) lame, fat, lazy, ugly, unmotivated, hater/keyboard jockey

Posted at 11:43AM on Jan 30th 2009 by HAHAHAHAHA

10. I think whoever is at fault here should be punished. I'd sue them just like anybody else does, cowardly bastards. I don't know what world everybody else is living in. I lost my husband to a plane crash...i know.

Posted at 11:45AM on Jan 30th 2009 by b.j.

11. whaddya know, internet losers not reading the article, just looking at a picture and commenting. no wonder our country is going in the crapper. people hating on AM and barker obviously didnt read that this article is about the company that owns and operates that jet. how come there arent any comments hating on the companies for suing?? thats right, because the people hating are the most idiot group of dimwits the internet has to offer.

Posted at 11:46AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Idiots

12. I guess the value of DJ AM and Travis Barker lives has a monetary value. These two are willing to put a price on their life instead of being thankful that they made it out alive and unharmed. These two are pathetic. They already have millions but are probably going to sue the pants off the pilot's family whom has already lost probably more than just a husband, father, uncle, and friend.

Posted at 11:46AM on Jan 30th 2009 by teddyp

13. Blame it on the rain, blame it on Rio, but don't blame the real people...the drunk pilots!

Posted at 11:47AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Shambala

14. Hopefully Travis and DJ AM win their lawsuit!! I'd sue people as well!!

Posted at 11:49AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Sally

15. Travis and AM are such morons...sue happy world. Can't just be glad their lame asses are alive. Pathetic!

Posted at 11:49AM on Jan 30th 2009 by Bosco

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