Travis Barker Opens Up on Plane Crash and Mom’s Passing in Interview with Anderson Cooper

Travis Barker addressed a number of sensitive and emotional topics during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, including his life-changing 2008 plane crash and the passing of his mother when he was a teenager. The blink-182 drummer is promoting his new documentary, Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear, which is now available to stream on Hulu and Disney+. He opened about his grief and struggles regarding the aforementioned topics on Cooper’s CNN podcast All There Is. The 2008 Learjet plane crash killed both pilots and two associates of the drummer, with the only survivors being Barker and his friend DJ AM, who died of a drug overdose a year later. The incident left Barker afraid to board a plane for more than a decade, before he eventually started flying again in 2021. “After my accident, I had a lot of survivors guilt with my two friends and the pilots that passed,” Barker told Cooper. “It was killing me.” When Cooper asked about what happened with DJ AM, Barker responded, “No one really knows. AM was suffering because he wasn’t waking up with kids. He just went back to work… I did my best with my post-traumatic doctor, who was awesome. And even my burn center doctor, my friends an...