Crew Tried To Abort Takeoff At Close To V1

The second survivor of the September 19 crash of a chartered Learjet 60 at South Carolina's Columbia Metropolitan Airport has filed suit in the aftermath of the accident.

Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, filed suit last week against Global Exec Aviation, Clay Lacy Aviation, Inter Travel, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Bombardier and the estates of the two pilots killed in the crash, the Associated Press reported.

Goldstein joins former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker -- the only other survivor of the accident -- as well as Thelma Martin Still, the mother of Barker's former bodyguard Charles Monroe Still Jr., and the widow of Barker's assistant, Chris Baker, in legal action stemming from the crash, the New York Times reports.

As ANN reported, investigators believe the plane's crew was attempting to abort the takeoff due to a suspected blown tire when it careened off the end of a runway, killing four of the six persons on board.

National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman told the Associated Press a cockpit voice recording indicates, "The crew reacted to a sound that was consistent with a tire blowout." She added pieces of tire were recovered about 2,800 feet from where the plane started its takeoff run on the 8,600-foot runway.

It has been determined that the plane was traveling at or above its minimum takeoff speed when the crew thought the tire burst. Investigators are attempting to gain insight into why the pilots may have decided aborting the takeoff was preferable to rotating and getting airborne.

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