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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 2983274" data-attributes="member: 92282">Officials with the Columbia Metropolitan Airport say a small jet has crashed killing four.  Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks. She says the plane went off the runway and crashed on a nearby road.  Federal officials say two crew members and two passengers have been killed. Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman has identified all four victims. Harman says the pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, CA co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, CA, Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, CA, and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles, CA all perished in the crash.  Officials say two people have survived the crash and have been carried to the Augusta Burn Center.  Officials at the Augusta Burn Center say they have Travis Barker, the former drummer from the band Blink-182, and Adam Michael Goldstein, aka DJ AM. Both are in critical condition. Barker and Goldstein were in Columbia Friday night for a concert at Five Points.  The two other performers from the Five Points concert, Gavin DeGraw and Perry Farrell, were not on the plane.  William Owens was driving down Highway 302 when he said he saw a fireball go across the road.  "I didn't know what I had seen -- it was maybe 800 feet in front of me, but as I approached it closer though I made out a fire. By then I was able to see the tail of the jet and I recognized it as a jet," Owens said.  Owens then described what he saw as he tried to make it to the wreckage.  "It's in flames and the fuel is running across the road and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway," Owens said.  Owens said the two men were running around and stripping down to extinguish themselves. He then asked the men if there was anyone else on board the plane and they said four more were with them.  "We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," Owens said.  The Five Points Association has released a statement saying that they are "deeply saddened by this event and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's and their families."  The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a news conference for 11:30am.  The airport will be closed until 12pm according to officials.  More on this story as it develops...</blockquote>

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