Four Killed, Two Injured in U.S. Small Jet Crash
Xinhua | Sep. 20, 2008
A small commercial jet crashed midnight in West Columbia, South Carolina, leaving four of the six people on board dead and the rest two seriously wounded, officials said on Sep. 20.
The injured are two famous pop musicians Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein, and they have been admitted to hospitals for treatment, according to officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The aircraft, a small commercial Learjet, failed to take-off and crashed onto the fence at the end of the runway in an airport in Columbus.
Barker and Goldstein had just performed in Columbus before boarding on the jet.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.