Pilot and 2 children survive the night on airplane wing after crashing into icy Alaska lake [View all]
Source: AP
By MARK THIESSEN
Updated 8:26 PM CDT, March 25, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A pilot and two girls 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.
Terry Godes said he saw a Facebook post Sunday night calling for people to help search for the missing plane, which did not have a locator beacon. On Monday morning about a dozen pilots including Godes headed out to scour the rugged terrain. Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and spotted what he thought was wreckage.
“It kind of broke my heart to see that, but as I got closer down and lower, I could see that there’s three people on top of the wing,” he told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
After saying a prayer, he continued to approach and saw a miracle.
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