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 ...

Pilot Terry Godes and his to younger relatives held onto the wings of the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser before being rescued. John B. Morris/Facebook While the two girls were relatively dry ...

The plane didn’t have a locator beacon, and the last ping from the pilot’s cell phone put it in Tustumena Lake, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) south of Anchorage. Terry Godes, one of about a dozen ...

Good Samaritans Terry Godes, Dale Eicher and the Alaska National Guard rescued a pilot and two children after their small plane crashed into the icy Tustumena Lake The trio spent a long ...

Local pilot Terry Godes was flying in his own plane when he spotted the wreckage; the pilot and his daughters spent 12 hours on the wing before they were rescued. Photos courtesy Terry Godes / Alaska ...

Terry Godes said he saw a Facebook post Sunday night ... on Monday by the Alaska National Guard after Godes alerted other pilots searching for the plane that he had found it.

“It’s a cold dark place out there at night,” pilot Terry Godes said of the area of the crash scene. Night Editor A rescuer has revealed how he spotted a pilot and two children clinging to ...

Terry Godes, the good Samaritan, told the AP that he came across ... wet night out on top of a wing of an airplane that they weren't planning on.” Related: Pilot Told Air Traffic Controllers His ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...