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 overnight.

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 lake before being rescued.

National Transportation Safety Board said John Morris Jr was a student pilot, and so did not have the right licence - or authority - to be able to fly with passengers