Travis Barker shocked his fans on Friday when he tweeted that he might ride on an airplane in the future, more than a decade after he last set foot on one.
The 45-year-old Blink-182 drummer was last on a plane during a deadly 2008 accident, in which the private jet he was aboard crashed shortly after takeoff, killing four and leaving him as one of only two survivors.
His renewed confidence comes amid his burgeoning relationship with his longtime friend Kourtney Kardashian, who regularly flies across the world in private jets.
Back in the air? Travis Barker surprised his fans on Friday when he tweeted that he might fly on an airplane again, after avoiding them for nearly 13 years after a deadly 2008 crash. His renewed confidence comes amid his burgeoning relationship with his longtime friend Kourtney Kardashian, who regularly flies across the world in private jets
Back in the air? Travis Barker, 45, shocked his fans on Friday when he tweeted that he might fly on an airplane again, after avoiding them for nearly 13 years after a deadly 2008 crash; seen in December 2020
Travis tweeted, 'I might fly again,' and his fans quickly launched adoring tweets in support of him returning to the sky.
'Wow bro! Strong move, but I never doubted your strength!' tweeted a supportive fan.
Another person replied that they were impressed 'that he could us his bus for long [sic]' and that 'he's almost ready to leave the bus behind!'
One user admitted to sharing Travis' traumatizing experience with her children.
'This is an amazing step for someone with your past,' she wrote.
Shocker: Travis tweeted, 'I might fly again,' and his fans quickly launched adoring tweets in support of him returning to the sky
Supportive: 'Wow bro! Strong move, but I never doubted your strength!' tweeted a supportive fan, while another person marveled that he'd been using a bus for so long
They have his back: Others recounted how they overcame their fears following plane crashes to show it was possible to fly again
One user had shared in the experience of being in a plane crash, though they were eventually able to get back in the air.
'It took me years to fly again,' they admitted. 'I fly all the time now, but every once and awhile the fear creeps back in. Breathing helps.
'I hope you make it back up one day,' they added.
Travis has recently been opening up about the trauma he experienced during his 2008 plane crash.
In a May interview with Men's Health, he shared that the crash helped motivate him to stop abusing prescription drugs.
'People are always like, 'Did you go to rehab?'' he recounted. 'And I [say], 'No, I was in a plane crash.' That was my rehab. Lose three of your friends and almost die? That was my wake-up call. If I wasn't in a crash, I would have probably never quit.'
Terrifying: Travis was on a plane in South Carolina with his assistant, body guard and friend Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein when a tired blew during takeoff; seen in 2008
Devastating: The plane overshot the runway and crossed a highway before crashed into an embankment and bursting into flames. All but Barker and
