'Lucky to be alive': Bono and four friends cheated death when the rear door of the private jet they were in fell off as they flew 8,000ft over the German coast Bono and four friends cheated death yesterday when a rear door of their private jet fell off mid-flight. The Irish rock star was on board the Learjet 60 D-CGEO making the two-hour afternoon trip from Dublin to Berlin. He was the only member of U2 on the plane, as bandmates Larry Mullen, the Edge and Adam Clayton were due to fly separately late last night. The group were lined up to accept an award at the Bambi International Music awards in Berlin, but Bono flew out early to attend a diplomatic function with the German minister of economic cooperation and development, Gerd Mueller.
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Tailgate of Bono's Learjet came off as it flew 8,000ft over the German coast
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Entire door along with Bono and his companions’ luggage fell out mid-air
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The plane landed safely minutes later at Berlin's Schoenefeld Airport
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Irish rock star had been travelling to Germany to accept a music award
His £50million @placeholder was preparing for landing when at 12.27pm on Wednesday an 80 x 100 cm chunk of its door was ripped off.