Learjet Carrying Bono Loses Door In Flight

A Learjet 60 carrying U2 singer Bono lost a rear cargo door during a flight across Europe early Thursday, resulting in some lost bags, but no injuries, CNNreported.The incident elicited a frenzy of media reports from around the world.Ground crew found the hatch was missing after the jet landed at its destination, Berlin's Schonefeld Airport. Bono, four other passengers and two pilots were on board the flight, Germout Freitag, an official with the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation, told CNN. "The ground crew realized the door was gone and two suitcases had fallen out," Freitag said. "Officials have not yet located the two suitcases or the hatch door, but they have been able to pinpoint the area where they are likely to have landed by the radar."

U2 was scheduled to appear at an awards ceremony in Germany. Other members of the band were not on the flight, CNN said. A probe into what caused the door loss is underway. "The investigation will take at least six to eight weeks and will be greatly hampered if the door is not located," Freitag told CNN. Officials "have no idea at the moment what caused this and need to examine both the door and the area of the plane," he said. Aviation expert and ABC News consultant John Nance told the network that such incidents are rare. "What happened here is very unusual, but they were never really at risk," Nance said. "The passengers may have been scared when they heard a noise, but they never lost pressurization."