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Blink 182?s Travis Barker Settles Plane Crash Suit; DJ AM?s Estate Still Pursuing

By Andy Hoffman

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If you haven?t heard, there?s an update on a story we?ve been following for over a year now.

Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, has settled his lawsuit against those responsible for the September 2008 plane crash which severely injured him and DJ AM (who died in August 2009 of an accidental drug overdose) and killed four others.

It?s a tragedy that could have been prevented, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which found that ?the thrust reversers ? devices on the back of jet engines that divert their thrust forward, helping to slow a plane or force it backward ? were not in the right position to help slow down the plane.?

Compounding the tragedy of this crash is, of course, what happened to DJ AM months later. His estate believes that ?medication [he] received during his stay in the hospital, as well as the trauma from the crash, were the main reasons why [DJ AM] started using drugs again after a decade of sober living.? That?s why his estate is continuing to pursue their claim. A mediation conference is scheduled for this Thursday.

We hope this gives the families some peace.

Full post as published by ThePopTort on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).