Former blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, were listed in critical condition after a plane crash Friday night, CNN reports.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, four people — two passengers and two crew members — were killed when a Lear jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Columbia, South Carolina. Barker and Goldstein were admitted to the Joseph Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday, where they are being treated for extensive burns.

According to an Associated Press report, Barker and Goldstein played a free concert together as TRVSDJ-AM in Columbia on Friday night.

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UPDATE 1: DJ AM “was completely terrified and traumatized” after his jet crash early Friday, but he was conscious long enough inside the ambulance (at the crash scene) to call his mother, a source tells Usmagazine.com.

During the emotional phone call, DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, let her know he was injured and going to the hospital, the source says.

He is currently in a doctor-induced coma so he can undergo skin grafts in an attempt to repair some of the extensive burn damage.

The medical staff considers him lucky to be alive, as the crash killed four people and also severely injured Travis Barker. (TMZ.com reports Barker was burned from the waist down.)

Meanwhile, a pal tells Us Goldstein’s ex fiancee Nicole Richie “”wishes only the best for Adam and hopes he recovers from this.”

UPDATE 2:  Travis Barker’s assistant wanted to get home in time for his pregnant wife to give birth.

We’ve now learned why Barker and his friends decided to get on that doomed Learjet in South Carolina late last night, and the explanation can only be described as a horribly cruel twist of fate.

It all started some time yesterday, when Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker, told the guys that his wife was going into labor. Barker told him that he would do everything in his power to get Baker back to the hospital in time.

The quickest way back to Van Nuys was that Learjet. We’re told Barker usually won’t fly on private jets, but made an exception for what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of Baker’s life.

The plane crashed shortly after midnight, killing four people — including Chris Baker. Baker’s wife went into labor early this morning.

UPDATE 3:  TMZ has learned Travis Barker has been burned from the waist down, but he is expected to survive the plane crash. DJ AM’s face was severely burned and is being tended to right now.

UPDATE 4: Nicole Richie “is in shock” after her ex fiance DJ AM and pal Travis Barker were critically injured in a jet crash upon takeoff from a Columbia, South Carolina, airport after midnight Friday. Four people – including Barker’s assistant – were killed.

“She wishes only the best for Adam and hopes he recovers from this,” a pal tells Usmagazine.com. “She’s horribly upset about the people who died.”

Her beau Joel Madden “knows Travis and also feels terrible and hopes they recover. This is terrible news for both of them.”

Meanwhile, Shanna Moakler, Barker’s ex, “is devastated and in total shock. It just hit her,” another source tells Us.

The pal says she is hopping in a plane to be by his side.

Says the source: “Shanna is freaking and in panic mode right now.”

UPDATE 5: HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE PLANE THEY WERE IN!  Can you believe they walked away from that?!

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