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.

Personnel reported that the girls were surprisingly dry but the man had been in the water at some ... nearby mountains and a glacier. It has been described by the Alaska Department of Fish and ...

One of the searchers said there were many miracles at play, from the plane not sinking, to the survivors being able to stay perched atop the wing, to the three surviving the night in temperatures dipping into the 20s.