Pilot, children survive 12 hours on wing of submerged plane after crashing into icy lake - The trio spent a ‘long, cold, dark, wet night’ on the lake before being spotted by a Good Samaritan

A pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

Mr Godes described the rescue as nothing short of miraculous. The trio faced brutal conditions overnight, with temperatures dropping into the 20s (below freezing Celsius), stranded on a sinking plane in the middle of a remote lake.