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Sep 22, 2008 9:15 am US/Pacific

Smoke, Fire Killed Crew In S.C. Jet Crash

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: The wreckage of a Learjet that was carrying former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, and four others rests on an embankment along Highway 302, along the outskirts of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport on Sept. 20, 2008.
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A South Carolina coroner says a pilot and co-pilot killed in a Learjet crash died from smoke inhalation and burns, and two passengers were killed by impact-related injuries.

Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman released the information Monday, about two days after the plane crashed while trying to take off at a Columbia, S.C., airport.

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were critically injured in the Friday night crash but are expected to recover.

Pilot Sarah Lemmon and co-pilot James Bland were killed along with were Chris Baker and Charles Still, who worked for the musicians.

Federal officials said Sunday that the crew thought a tire blew and tried to abort the takeoff but couldn't stop the plane.