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Pilot, 2 children survive night on airplane’s wing after it crashes into icy Alaska lake

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83% Informative

A pilot and two children survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake.

The three were rescued after being spotted by a Good Samaritan .

The plane was mostly submerged in the lake with the wing and the top of the rudder as the only parts exposed above the ice and water.

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84

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70

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informal

Language

English

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47

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short-lived

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