Bono flies high on stage, but on Wednesday the U2 frontman got quite the scare while flying to Germany.
The rear door of the Learjet 60 private plane fell off while Bono and his four friends were in the air, German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation told ABC News. "The Learjet lost a door where the luggage was put in," official, Germout Freitag, said. "There can be many reasons for this incident. Either something broke on the door or the door wasn't closed properly. Those are the usual problems that occur."
Photos: Real-Life Celebrity Heroes
But like a U2 show, the flight must go on! The plane, which departed from Dublin, Ireland, landed safely with no injuries.
While a door flying off a plane while in flight seems super-scary (have you seen Air Force One?!), it's not as bad as it may seem in the movies. "What happened here is very unusual, but they were...
The rear door of the Learjet 60 private plane fell off while Bono and his four friends were in the air, German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation told ABC News. "The Learjet lost a door where the luggage was put in," official, Germout Freitag, said. "There can be many reasons for this incident. Either something broke on the door or the door wasn't closed properly. Those are the usual problems that occur."
Photos: Real-Life Celebrity Heroes
But like a U2 show, the flight must go on! The plane, which departed from Dublin, Ireland, landed safely with no injuries.
While a door flying off a plane while in flight seems super-scary (have you seen Air Force One?!), it's not as bad as it may seem in the movies. "What happened here is very unusual, but they were...
- 11/13/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Model, blogger, "Gossip Girl" wardrobe staffer and fashion editor Lauren Scruggs is lucky to be alive after an accident involving the propeller of a small plane cut her face, shoulder, and severed her hand. Her parents credit her devotion to Jesus Christ for getting her through the ordeal, but she's not out of the woods yet.
The extent of Scruggs' brain injury is still unknown, according to ABC News, and she may lose her left eye. Scruggs, who was not drinking at the time of the accident, did lose her hand. While she hasn't been conscious much since the accident, she has woken up for brief periods, telling doctors her name and telling her parents "I love you."
The mystery is how, exactly, Scruggs managed to get caught in the propeller. Investigators are speaking to the pilot of the small plane, Kurt Richmond. Richmond is a friend of Scruggs' family,...
The extent of Scruggs' brain injury is still unknown, according to ABC News, and she may lose her left eye. Scruggs, who was not drinking at the time of the accident, did lose her hand. While she hasn't been conscious much since the accident, she has woken up for brief periods, telling doctors her name and telling her parents "I love you."
The mystery is how, exactly, Scruggs managed to get caught in the propeller. Investigators are speaking to the pilot of the small plane, Kurt Richmond. Richmond is a friend of Scruggs' family,...
- 12/7/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Lauren Scruggs, the fashion model and blogger who suffered severe injuries - including losing her hand - in a propeller accident over the weekend, has regained her ability to speak as she recovers from several emergency surgeries, according to her family. "Lauren spoke!," a family representative posted Monday evening on the website Caring Bridge. "To the doctors and her family's delight, Lauren said a few words this afternoon. When they asked her what her name is, she replied, 'Lauren.' What a blessing!" Scruggs, 23, was also able to tell her parents she loved them, according to the post. Jeff and...
- 12/6/2011
- by Liz Raftery
- PEOPLE.com
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