The three people - including two young children - survived by clinging onto the side of the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser light aircraft after it plunged into the freezing waters.

Father and children survive Alaska plane crash as incredible picture shows them standing on wings in frozen lake - Incredible aerial photos show the aircraft partially submerged in the frozen Kenai Pe

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