Update

Shanna Moakler (Travis’ ex-wife) has not told the children and has rushed to be by his side and said to be devastated.  She spoke with him on Friday night.  He was defiant and did not want to be transported via helicopter and as a result they had to knock him out.  Shanna’s mother, Gail, will be taking care of the children and said they are waiting to tell the kids:  “We’re waiting a bit to see what God brings,”

She expressed how very close the two are despite the divorce, and that there was/is a lot of love there.  Married since 2004, the couple divorced earlier this year and have 2 children:  son Landon, 4, and daughter Alabama, 2.
DJ AM’s sister Lara and her husband Benjamin have flown out to be by Adam’s side.  They were also waiting to hear more.   DJ’s ex-fiance Nicole Richie is said to be in shock as his her boyfriend, Joel Madden who also knew Adam.  And both are horribly upset about it.

Both are in critical but stable condition in a burn centre in Augusta, Georgia, about 75 miles southwest of Columbia. 

The reason they were on this flight?  Travis Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker wanted to rush home as his wife was going into labor, and Travis did everything in his power to get him home in time for the blessed event.  Apparently Travis Barker normally will not fly private planes.

According to People: 

The Learjet carrying six people that crashed after midnight Friday was just over one year old and chartered from Global Executive Aviation in Long Beach, Calif., according to Columbia Metropolitan Airport spokesperson Lynne Douglas,

“The crash was the result of an overrun on its flight to Van Nuys [Calif.],” says Douglas, who attended a National Transportation Safety Board press conference Saturday afternoon in Columbia. “The NTSB is gathering information and fact finding to learn what happened in this tragedy.”

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Original post after the jump

TMZ is reporting that both have severe burns with Travis Barker being burned from the waist down and DJ AM (who was once engaged to Nicole Richie) having serious burns on his face that is being tended to now.

US is reporting that they were in a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people.  The plane was carrying six people, and departed shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks.  The plane was attempting to take off, ran off the runway through a fence and hit an embankment, according to initial reports. The plane then caught fire.

Travis Barker & DJ AM (real name Adam Goldstein) jumped from the small plane immediately as it came to a halt.  Three of the dead have been identified as:  Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif.; and Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif. all died in the crash.

Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker had recently been married and has a small child.  Barker and Goldstein, who perform together under the name TRVSDJ-AM, had played a free concert in Columbia, South Carolina’s college neighborhood Friday night.

What a sad, terrible accident.  Our thoughts and prayers to all involved and their families.