Plane falls in ice crack while taxiing on Upper Red Lake 00:30. BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — A plane broke through the ice after landing on Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning, according to the Beltrami ...

A plane busted through thin ice on Upper Red Lake in northern Minnesota Tuesday morning. The pilot and passengers were rescued by people who were fishing in the area.

Officials say only one to two inches of ice was reported where the plane went through, approximately one-half mile out from Pioneer Road on the southeastern shore of Upper Red Lake.

The ice was around 1 to 2 inches thick where a Cessna 172 Skyhawk plane broke through after attempting to land on Upper Red Lake on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Courtesy / Beltrami County Sheriff's Office ...

Upper Red Lake is considered one of Minnesota's premier ice fishing lakes, but the ice remains thin amid warm weather. ... The plane slid onto thin ice, and its nose broke through into open water.

About 35 people were rescued from stranding on a breakaway ice chunk Dec. 17 at Red Lake. Two days later, a light plane landed on ice and broke through into open water.

Red Lake had already seen several ice rescues this winter, KARE reported. On Dec. 17, 35 anglers were rescued after they became stranded on an ice floe. Two days later, a plane crashed through the ...

“The plane (a Cessna 172 Skyhawk) had departed from Grand Rapids, Minn., with a destination of Upper Red Lake for a day of ice fishing,” Beltrami County Sheriff Jason Riggs said in a news release.

On Dec. 17, 35 anglers were rescued from the lake when a large section of ice separated from shore. A small plane also broke through the ice after attempting to land on the lake on Dec. 19.

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s office has reported that a plane broke through the ice after landing on Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning. The two occupants of the Cessna 172 Sky Hawk became wet from ...

A plane broke through the ice after attempting to land on Upper Red Lake on Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office. The plane, a Cessna 172 Sky ...

BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — Two people took an unseasonal dip in Upper Red Lake Tuesday morning after their plane landed on the lake and broke through the ice, according to officials. The Beltrami ...