Travis Barker Reveals He 'Might Fly Again' 13 Years After Surviving Deadly Plane Crash Home » Travis Barker » Travis Barker Reveals He 'Might Fly Again' 13 Years After Surviving Deadly Plane Crash Travis Barker might be ready to fly again. In case you didn’t know, the 45-year-old rocker nearly died in a plane crash that tragically killed four of the six passengers on board 13 years ago. Travis and late friend Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, who passed away a year later from a drug overdose, were the only ones to survive in 2008. Following the crash, the Blink-182 drummer suffered from third-degree burns on 65 percent of his body and was hospitalized for three months.