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Travis Barker Recalls Daughter's Premonition Before 2008 Plane Crash

Published 11 August 2026

Travis Barker has revealed that his then-toddler daughter, Alabama, gave him a haunting warning just hours before he boarded the private plane that crashed in 2008, killing four people. The Blink-182 drummer shared the story in a recent interview, detailing the premonition and his own growing sense of dread before the fatal flight.

The incident occurred on September 19, 2008, after Barker and his friend, DJ Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, performed a show near the University of South Carolina. Barker explained that he had initially considered canceling the trip to stay home with his children. "I was just so content with being home with the kiddos," he said, but his manager told him it was too late to back out.

Before leaving, Barker had a memorable goodbye with his daughter Alabama, who was about two or three years old at the time. "She's like, 'Dad, don't go!' She's bawling, and she doesn't usually do that," Barker recalled. "She's like, 'The roof's gonna come off,' and I'm like, 'What is she talking about?'"

After the show, the group decided to book a last-minute private flight back to Los Angeles to get home quickly. Barker described arriving at the airport around midnight to find a...

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