New info on celebrity plane crash

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - August 7, 2009 What appeared to be a routine departure from Columbia Metropolitan Airport just before midnight Sept. 19 quickly became a disaster as the Learjet 60 emitted a series of metal clicks that drew the attention of pilot Sarah Lemmon and her co-pilot, James Bland.

"What was that?" Bland asks.

"I don't know," Lemmon says. "We're not going though."

Moments later, using an expletive, Lemmon slams on the plane's brakes, in an attempt to avoid takeoff. "What is going on here?" one of the pilots asks.

Just seconds before impact, Bland tells air traffic control officials to prepare for a crash.

"Roll the equipment, we're going off the end," he says.

The plane shot off the end of the runway, ripped through a fence and crossed a highway before coming to rest in flames. Lemmon, Bland and two others were killed. Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were injured.

Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM at a free concert in Columbia the night of the crash. The jet, which was headed for Van Nuys, Calif., was owned by Global Exec Aviation, a California-based charter company.

The NTSB has not released its final report on what caused the crash. But investigators have said there was little rubber left on the jet's wheels and the brakes were badly damaged.

Officials have said the plane was traveling at a speed of 156 mph just before the pilots tried to abort the takeoff.

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