travis barkerTravis Barker has given his first interview since being involved in a fatal plane crash last month.

The former Blink 182 drummer and friend Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein both suffered suffered second and third degree burns their bodies and limbs after their Learjet crashed on take off in the early hours of 20th September. The other two passengers on the plane, Travis’ assistant and security guard, as well as the two pilots all died in the crash.

Travis and DJ AM were both initially treated at a specialist burns centre in Georgia but DJ AM was released a week after the crash and the following day, Travis was transferred to the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles - after a cross-country bus ride with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler.

He told Us Weekly that he’ll be sticking to land-based transport for the foreseeable future: “I hate planes. My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened … well, I’m just thankful to be alive! I’m just grateful to be here at all.

“I am doing the best I can possibly be. I’m so anxious to get out of here. … I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands was second degree burns and one was third degree burns.

“I sit here and I read books and watch TV. I think if this surgery went well, I’ll be here for at most two weeks.

“I’m trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids [five year old Landon and two year old Alabama] again. I’m going nuts not being able to see them and spend time with them!”

He added that he’s also started eating meat again after 25 years as a vegetarian: “I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet .. they said, ‘There’s a possibility you might heal faster if you do eat meat or just change your eating habits.’ So I did. I don’t regret it at all, I feel so much better.”