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If you haven’t already heard…

“Travis Barker and DJ AM were among six people aboard a Learjet that crashed upon takeoff from a Columbia, South Carolina, airport after midnight Friday. The four others onboard were killed.

Barker, an ex-drummer for the rock band Blink 182 and the star of the MTV reality show Meet the Barkers, had performed at a free Friday-night college event with former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM.

Barker, 32, was taken to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, about 75 miles southwest of Columbia, and was listed in critical condition Saturday morning – as was DJ AM (real name: Adam Michael Goldstein), 35, say officials at the facility.

‘Both Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein are in critical but stable condition,’ Beth Frits, spokesperson for the Joseph M. Still Burn Center, tells PEOPLE. ‘Goldstein was airlifted here and Barker was brought by ground transportation. So they arrived separately.’”

But along with the miraculous survival of Travis and AM, the four others who did not survive were pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31; co-pilot James Bland, 52; security guard Charles Still, 25; and Travis’ assistant Chris Baker, 26. Rest in peace to them and condolences to their families.

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Now just looking at the photo of the crash is horrifying, and the fact that Travis and AM were rushed to a burn center…I don’t want to imagine the injuries they sustained, and how it will completely change their lives, careers, abilities, and more. Health crises (and especially the rehabilitation process) is the real test of those around you. You already know I’m a huge fan of both of these guys, as are a lot of folks in the industry….so I’m praying for them to pull through, and for their loved ones to have the strength to step up as well.

More after the jump…

Here’s more from the People report…

Lynne Douglas, spokesperson for the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, tells PEOPLE the weather was beautiful when the Leerjet left the runway after midnight Friday.

“The plane crashed on takeoff and went through a fence near Highway 302, then crossed the road and went up an embankment before being filled with flames,” she tells PEOPLE. “There was debris all over the runway. We are closed now and hope to reopen later today.”

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Lear 60 – bound for Van Nuys, Calif., with six people aboard – departed shortly before midnight Friday, when air-traffic controllers reported seeing sparks. 

sigh.