on to something. it was nothing more than someone s now missing vacation pictures. in fact, united says they now have traced the errant camera to a passenger on board an earlier flight aboard the same plane. now united airlines flight is back in the air safely on the way to geneva. jim avila, abc news, washington. thank you, jim. another airline scare, this one caused by one of those now-infamous bird strikes. a united flight landed safely after colliding with a bird as the plane descended into the airport in denver. check it out the impact actually tore a huge diamond-shaped hole right there in the nose of the aircraft. but there were no injuries on board. you don t think a bird could puncture a plane. kind of stunned by the force of that. i m stunned.
i can t believe it. i don t think when captain sully had to navigate on to the hudson river, i don t think we saw pictures of sort of that huge hole in the plane, right? no. kind of plow over a bird instead of the bird. amazing. so, i m not an engineer. startling picture. another developing story, we have to note the passion of gore vidal, one of the influential literary figures. author, playwright, politician, commentator, did it all. known for his over-the-top personality, sometimes scathing wit, as well. his works included hundreds of essays and lincoln and myra breckenridge. vidal died after a battle with pneumonia. sick for some time. died at age 86. putting him in the literary echelon as norman mailer and truman capote. dead at age 86. mitt romney is back home in boston this morning after his week-long overseas trip. his visits to britain, israel and poland drew criticism for a series of perceived political blunders. at a stop at the tomb of the
it s not. i m holding on. few more weeks. i m sunny hostin. paula faris is on assignment. certainly some frightening moments for the passengers on board the flight. all the details coming up. it is so hazardous to fly these days. a lot of air scares. kind of weird too, imagine passengers on the plane, how nervous. you don t know this day and age, what it could be. scared, frightened. it worked out. still, panicked moments for sure. michael phelps now the most decorated olympian ever. the medal that helped him claim the title and the other olympics news coming straight ahead. amazing. good day for the usa. america. and sure we are talking a lot about american athletes and rightfully so. what about their parents? they re going through just as much competitive stress if not more than their children are. we are going to hear from some of them about that. i love that mom right there. i can t look. i can t look. i can t do it. that s john orozco s mother. watching their
could walk away with 22 medals overall. can you imagine? three more races to go. a heavy bookshelf at home. some incredible pictures. how did that, right there, happen to a plane? you won t believe actually what caused all that damage. it is one of several airline related stories we have to bring you this morning. the skies have not been too friendly the last 24 hours. plus, a lot of other things coming from the olympics. remember that chinese swimmer who shocked some people with her extraordinary times in the pool, she is coming to her own defense. and others are defending her as well. they say really it is training plus she has large hands and large feet. i will say i was one of the skeptics while watching. her time was even faster than the men. she is 16 years old. so that s quite a training regimen. you know what they say about girls and big feet i have big feet, i don t swim
we e-mail each other. right next to each other. it s gotten bad. our tech culture. at its worst. well, saggy pants. saggy pants. still in the news. this guy gets kicked off of an airliner in chicago over the weekend. he is arguing with attendants over his severely sagging pants. with spirit airlines. apparently they were so low they were hanging below his buttocks. his whole caboose was out. his whole caboose was out. the airline code requires customers to wear shoes and adequate clothing. don t think it is adequate with your butt hanging out. an issue. saggy pants, a cultural nobody wants to see all that. in your neighborhood. don t come on the plane. we all got to sit there. look at your rear. find a way to put a fee on that the airlines. all heard of the leaning tower of pisa. they re saying the coliseum in