Travis Barker recovering

Travis Barker and DJ AM are expected to make full recoveries from injuries sustained in a plane crash.

The former Blink 182 drummer and the DJ - real name Adam Goldstein - have been in a critical condition with second and third degree burns after their jet crashed on take off in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday night (19.09.08), killing the four other passengers on board.

Medics believe the two musicians will eventually recover from their injuries.

Dr. Fred Mullins of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors' Hospital in Augusta said: "Since both Barker and Goldstein are in overall good health and didn't suffer from any other crash-related complications, a full recovery is expected.

"Recovery could take up to a year, but I would expect it would be much sooner than that."

The doctor refused to discuss the musicians' emotional states, but added: "Around 45 per cent of all patients have some emotional trouble."

The doctor said Travis suffered burns to his torso and lower body, while DJ AM was burned on his arms and head. Both are in the intensive-care unit of the hospital and are reported as being critical but stable.

Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, co-pilot James Bland, 52, Travis' assistant Chris Baker, 29, and his security guard Charles Sill, 25, all lost their lives. No one else was on board the jet.

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