Mar 26, 2025 · Two young girls and a pilot miraculously survived a plane crash Sunday by huddling atop the aircraft’s wing for 12 long hours on a freezing Alaskan lake, according to witnesses and...

Mar 26, 2025 · 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 National Guard. Alaska’s tight-knit community of bush pilots came together in a big way this week to help save one of their own. Thanks to their ...

2 days ago · As local pilot Terry Godes flew through the mountains the next morning, he knew any survivors would be in rough shape. The plane crash victims would have “spent a very cold, long, dark, wet night out” in the elements of Alaska. But he kept searching. ... Godes realized the ice was far too soft to land. He relayed the plane’s position, and ...

Mar 25, 2025 · 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 Godes headed out to scour the rugged terrain. Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and spotted what he thought was wreckage.

Mar 26, 2025 · 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 Godes headed out to scour the rugged terrain. Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and spotted what he thought was wreckage.

Mar 26, 2025 · Terry Godes said he saw a Facebook post Sunday night calling for people to help search for the missing plane. On Monday morning, he headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and ...

Mar 26, 2025 · Terry Godes was one of approximately 12 pilots who headed out to scour the rugged terrain for the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, which went missing after taking off in Soldotna, Alaska.

Mar 26, 2025 · Terry Godes told the Associated Press that he saw a Facebook post on Sunday asking for help locating a missing plane, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. The missing aircraft was piloted by a man with ...

Mar 27, 2025 · Terry Godes saw a Facebook post on Sunday night asking for help to find a missing plane without a tracking device. On Monday morning, about 12 pilots, including Godes, went out to search the rough terrain. Godes flew toward Tustumena Lake near a glacier and saw something resembling wreckage.

Mar 26, 2025 · Terry Godes, the pilot who found the plane wreckage, said it was a miracle the man and his daughters survived the crash and freezing temperatures on the wing of the plane on an icy lake...