Travis Barker is worried about travelling on tour with Blink 182 after surviving a horrific plane crash.
The drummer and DJ AM were left in "critical
but stable" condition after the accident in
2008 that killed four passengers, and
it still haunts him.
Travis said it had given him a
fear of flying and that is bound to cause issues for the series of concerts
which kicked off yesterday.
He said: "This will be the big tour that
supports the album in Europe. Mind you, I'm not flying, so it's hard to say
what the band could do or what its potential is, because I can't really get
everywhere."
He added: "I'm
contemplating getting knocked out and getting on a plane to Australia. I want
to overcome that eventually. When I do, I think it's going to be Qantas. They
never had a crash, never had a fatality--knock on wood. It's something I want
to overcome for me, and my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to
witness me overcome it."
Investigators from the South Carolina crash had
revealed that one of the Learjet's tires blew as it sped toward takeoff.
The captain, who only had 35 hours of flight time
and had not been properly trained to handle such incidents, made the decision
to abort, but the plane was going too fast and ended up crashing into an
embankment.
Barker and DJ AM, who died of an accidental overdose in 2009, were the only survivors.
