A cockpit voice recording device revealed that the crew believed a tire on the plane blew as the plane sped down the runway for takeoff, according to federal officials. The pilot and co-pilot tried to stop the plane before it careened off the runway.
The plane ripped through a fence, crossed a highway and landed in an embankment a quarter-mile form the end of the runway, engulfed in flames, officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the crash.
Pieces of tire were recovered approximately 2,800 feet from the point the plane started its takeoff.
The Learjet was owned by Global Exec Aviation, a California-based charter company, officials said.
Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif., co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif., Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles were killed in the crash.
Barker and DJ AM suffered second and third-degree burns but were expected to recover. The two men had performed at a free concert in Columbia, South Carolina Friday night, and the plane was returning to California.
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