Travis Barker's Daughter's Chilling Prediction Before His Near-Fatal Plane Crash

In a poignant interview on Jay Shetty’s "On Purpose" podcast, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker shared the haunting premonition his young daughter, Alabama Barker, had before he boarded a fateful flight in 2008 that nearly claimed his life. During the episode, the rockstar reflected on the emotional goodbye he shared with his then-4-year-old daughter as he prepared to fly out for a concert near the University of South Carolina. Alabama's tears and pleas to stay home left an indelible impression on Barker, who was initially hesitant to leave his family. However, his manager persuaded him not to cancel at such short notice, pushing him to board the ill-fated flight that would change his life forever. Barker recounted his decision to fly out despite Alabama's ominous warning, "She's like, 'Dad, don’t go! The roof’s gonna come off,' and I'm like, 'What is she talking about?'" Tragically, Barker was traveling with his assistant Chris Baker, security guard Charles "Che" Still, and close friend Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein. The private plane they boarded on a whim would prove to be their undoing. The small aircraft's ill-equipped state left Barker feeling uneasy from the moment he saw it. Barker called his father before takeoff, expressing his fear and concern, but ultimately chose to trust in assurances that everything was safe. However, as he boarded the plane, he couldn't shake off a sense of dread. "I even told my dad, 'If something happens to me, please make sure the kids are taken care of.' I was saying way too much. All the signs were there," Barker reflected. The musician survived the crash but suffered third-degree burns on over half of his body, requiring 27 surgeries and an 11-week hospital stay to recover. He did not fly for the next 13 years, finally breaking his aviation hiatus in August 2021 when he traveled to Mexico with his wife, Kourtney Kardashian. Looking back on the harrowing experience, Barker revealed that if he felt unsafe about a plane today, he would act differently than he did back then. "Now older me would just say, 'I think I’m not gonna get on the plane,'" he said. "Everything was there. And I never felt like that before." Barker has previously spoken about the traumatic event in his 2015 memoir, "Can I Say," where he detailed Alabama's chilling prediction of the crash: "She just kept saying, 'The roof’s gonna come off, Dad, the roof’s gonna come off."