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NTSB Sounds Off on Travis Barker Crash

Posted Feb 21st 2009 8:14AM by TMZ Staff

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the jet crash in which DJ AM and Travis Barker survived. Four others were killed.

Travis Barker & DJ AM
According to the report, the roll down the runway was normal at first, but sparks began flying (presumably after several tires blew out) and at 136 knots "the crew attempted to reject the takeoff, however they were unable to stop the airplane ..." The report goes on -- "... the left and right main gear tire rims scarred the runway surface."

In short, it looks like a blown tire triggered the emergency and the crew couldn't stop the plane. Some experts believe the pilot should have attempted to take off rather than abort, and that's the basis of lawsuit filed by DJ and Travis.

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Tags: airplane, DJ AM, DjAm, emergency landing, EmergencyLanding, flight, jet, NTSB, plane crash, PlaneCrash, tire blowout, TireBlowout, travis barker, TravisBarker

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1. why don't they sue for negligence or even gross negligence

Posted at 12:41PM on Feb 21st 2009 by JAG

2. ok, so they think they should have taken off anyway..............well what about when it came time to land? You cannot land with blownout tires. If they had done that it is likely travis and am would not have lived in THAT crash! They should just be happy to be alive and leave the pilot's alone. They had LESS than a split second to basically make a decision WHERE to crash. After the tires blew, this plane was going to crash regardless!

Posted at 12:45PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Brattyone

3. FRST AGAIN SUCKERS!!!!

Posted at 12:46PM on Feb 21st 2009 by toofastforyou!

4. What a horrible tragedy. It's just so weird that the only two people that survived were the two most regonizable/famous ones on the plane. So strange.

Posted at 12:48PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Keepin it REAL

5. Only America you can sue for an accident which occured and was out of everyone's hands.
Don't DJ Loser and TBarker have enough money.

Posted at 12:52PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Mtorres

6. These clowns need to realize that bring a plane out of the sky while it's broken is alot worse idea than keeping it there. If the plane did than badly just skidding while ON THE GROUND. It may not have faired so well when dropping out of the sky on to the ground at 150+ MPH. It's called being indignant. Acting if the person who maybe had a 1/1000's chance of saving some passengers and actually pulled it off, got in the way of your day while saving you.

Those two should be DEAD, yet they survived....

But, then again they were going the equivelent of 156.5 MPH when aborted. does anyone know what liftoff speed is for that plane?

Posted at 1:05PM on Feb 21st 2009 by The Dude

7. this is still news?

Posted at 1:13PM on Feb 21st 2009 by edden

8. These guys are massive jerks. It was an accident - to try and punish people for it is vindictive. They should be happy they are alive and survived when no one else did including the pilots they are blaming. What a bunch of ungrateful pieces of crap.

Posted at 2:08PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Diana

9. why would they want to keep reliving this thing over and over and over and keep it in the news as a constant reminder of the tragedy? For the money? How greedy. Drop it and get on with your lives and be thankful in a way you never have been.

I thought you rejoined the band and now your money woes are over? Continuance after continuance, year after year for these things if a quick settlement isnt reached---with each continuance comes the constant reliving of the event.

Good Luck to you its your choice.....uh, make sure you leave open dates on your band tours for court appearances.

Posted at 3:04PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Jimmy Mac

10. These 2 losers are lucky to be alive. Prayers for the crew and others that were lost as they tried to control the uncontrollable. Stupid fools still intend on trying to collect money from this incident. Remember... KARMA is a Mother F******!

Posted at 3:20PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Daytona

11. How can you sue for that? That would be like the people on the US Airways flight that ditched in the Hudson river suing because he didn't aim for an airport. The crew, who lost their lives, made the right call. Crash could have been much worse if they had attempted to land w/o a tire. Unless the suit is aimed only at trying to change aviation laws in order to help prevent this in the future (ex,tire inspections), this is kinda dumb....

Posted at 4:22PM on Feb 21st 2009 by mp

12. Why shouldn't DJAM and Travis Barker sue? And collect? The fact remains that both were severely injured in the crash. They sustained terrible burns and who knows what kind of permanent psychological effects. They were out of work for an extended period of time as a result of the injuries. They are entitled regardless of their wealth.

Posted at 4:26PM on Feb 21st 2009 by Non Anon

13. take them too justice!!!

Posted at 4:28PM on Feb 21st 2009 by riri

14. These losers should be happy that they survived and now they want money. Pathetic.

Posted at 4:36PM on Feb 21st 2009 by shjsahdak

15. nice

Posted at 6:19PM on Feb 21st 2009 by anthony

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