Both musicians suffer from extensive burns, Travis Barker from the waist down and Adam Goldstein to the face. They are hospitalized at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, about 75 miles southwest of Columbia.

Their Learjet 60, carrying six people, was departing shortly before midnight at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina when air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks. The plane went off a runway and crashed on a nearby road. Debbie Hersman, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), says:

\"They overran the end of runway 11. They impacted the antenna array and a number of lights at the end of the runway. They went through the perimeter fence and across the roadway here. There was a significant post-crash fire.”

The four reported dead are \"Little Chris\" Baker, Travis\' personal assistant who recently married and has a new baby; Charles Still, security guard for Travis, pilot Sarah Lemmon and co-pilot James Bland.

Only a few hours prior to the fiery plane crash Travis Barker and DJ AM had perfomed together under TRVSDJ-AM at a free outdoor concert in Columbia, South Carolina playing alongside former Jane\'s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw.

Unlike many drummers who are fairly anonymous figures at the rear of the stage, Travis Barker parlayed his popularity into television roles, advertising appearances and varied business ventures. Travis Barker\'s initial came to fame as drummer for punkrock acts including platinum-selling Blink 182, Plus-44, The Transplants and Box Car Racer.

He also worked with hip-hop artists such as Busta Rhymes, the Game, Black Eyed Peas and the Oscar-winning group Three Six Mafia.

In addition to playing on stage and in the studio, Travis Barker appeared in the MTV reality show Meet the Barkers, along with his wife at the time, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler.

Travis drummed for all the performers at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7 this year.