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.

New details have emerge about the rescue of a dad and his two daughters after their small plane crashed on a frozen lake in Alaska. The trio survived on the crashed plane's wing for roughly 12 hours,

The trio were rescued on Monday morning by the Alaska Army National Guard after a member of the public spotted the plane's wreckage