--- description: The plane landed safely title: Bono Had a Mid-air Scare When a Door Fell Off His Learjet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7699f2b183f43a7a/6987688be53aba1d7d4d5e45/bono.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bono Had a Mid-air Scare When a Door Fell Off His Learjet by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 11:10 AM CUT  Bono in Berlin on Nov.12, 2014. Bono in Berlin on Nov.12, 2014.Michael Gottschalk—Photothek/Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2014 11:10 AM CUT U2 singer Bono had a mid-air scare on Wednesday when the rear door of his private jet plummeted at least 15,000 feet to the ground. The rock star and four friends were aboard the Learjet 60 traveling from Dublin to Berlin when the mishap occurred over Germany, authorities said. The plane landed safely and the two pilots only found out on the ground that the aircraft had lost its door and two suitcases from the luggage compartment. They told investigators that they noticed a rumble similar to turbulence during a right-hand turn on approach, but that they felt no major change in how the plane was flying… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u2-star-bonos-mid-air-scare-door-falls-learjet-15-n247526?cid=par-time-article%5F20141113 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3583154/bono-u2-learjet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3583154/bono-u2-learjet/"},"headline":"Bono Had a Mid-air Scare When a Door Fell Off His Learjet","datePublished":"2014-11-13T11:10:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:24:46.295Z","description":"The plane landed safely","url":"https://time.com/3583154/bono-u2-learjet/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7699f2b183f43a7a/6987688be53aba1d7d4d5e45/bono.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7699f2b183f43a7a/6987688be53aba1d7d4d5e45/bono.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"German Development Minister Meets Bono","caption":"Bono in Berlin on Nov.12, 2014.","creditText":"Michael Gottschalk—Photothek/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3583154/bono-u2-learjet/","name":"Bono Had a Mid-air Scare When a Door Fell Off His Learjet"}}]}] ```