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.

Anchorage, Alaska — A pilot and his two young daughters ... was overweight by half a ton crashed onto sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state's western coast. And five years ago ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A pilot and his two young daughters ... that was overweight by half a ton crashed onto sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state’s western coast.

In February, in western Alaska, 10 people died when a small commuter plane that was overweight by half a ton crashed into sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state’s western coast.

They spent a long, cold, dark, wet night out on top of a wing of an airplane that they weren’t planning on,” Godes said.

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 ... sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome ...