autoevolution 26 May 2021, 6:53 UTC · by 1 photo The world-famous drummer and producer, who got his start with Blink-182 back in the early aughts, is now the sole survivor of a fatal plane crash that occurred on a runway in South Carolina in September 2008. He’s spoken about the crash before, as well as its devastating effects, and he’s doing it again, this time in an interview with Men’s Health, in which he mostly focuses on his new wellness brand, Barker Wellness Co. Of the six people on board the 2-year-old Learjet 60 private plane, only Barker and his good friend and collaborator DJ AM Adam Goldstein survived. They both suffered second and third-degree burns, and it was Goldstein who saved Barker’s life by using his own shirt to put out the fire. The plane’s landing gear blew off (the tires were under-inflated and were punctured during takeoff, the NTSB investigation ruled), and the pilot tried to abort taking-off at too high a speed (144 knots), which made the plane overrun the runway. It hit an embankment and exploded.