A 16-year-old girl has been found after hiking to safety from the scene of a plane crash in a mountainous area of the north-western US.
Autumn Veatch had been on a small plane with her step-grandparents which crashed in the North Cascades National Park in Washington state.
She is being treated in hospital, but has no life-threatening injuries.
It is not known what happened to Autumn’s step-grandparents, whom she attempted to pull from the wreckage.
Autumn’s father, David, told reporters outside a hospital in the town of Brewster that his daughter was exhausted, but doing remarkably well.
He said she was able to joke with him about all the survival shows they watched together on television, according to the Associated Press news agency.
“She’s just an amazing kid,” he said. “There’s more to her than she knows.”
‘It’s a miracle’
Transport authorities said the Beech A-35, which was registered to Autumn’s step-grandfather, left Kalispell in Montana at around 13:00 on Saturday.
It was due to land in Lynden, Washington, later on Saturday and family members raised the alarm when there was no sign of the plane.
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Autumn’s father, David, speaks to the media outside the hospital where she is being treated
Autumn left the scene of the crash after a day and followed the river, via a trail, downstream to the nearest road, family friend Santina Lampman told the Seattle Times.
A passing motorist spotted her on Monday and took her to the town of Mazama, where she received medical attention before being taken to hospital.
Doctors say she is suffering from dehydration and a treatable kind of muscle tissue breakdown caused by exercise without food or water, but that she is expected to make a full recovery.
“It’s a miracle, no question about it,” Lt Col Jeffrey Lustick of the Civil Air Patrol told reporters. “Moments of joy like this can be hard to find.”
The plane’s wreckage has not yet been found but the search was due to resume again on Tuesday.
据BBC中文网报道，一名16岁的美国女孩在飞机坠毁在美国东北部群山之中后，长途跋涉求生获救。
这名叫维奇的女孩与她的养祖父母一起乘坐的小型飞机在华盛顿州的北卡斯卡德斯国家公园坠毁。
维奇获救后正在医院接受治疗，但据信伤势不严重。
她曾试图将养祖父母从飞机残骸中拖出。目前尚不清楚她的养祖父母的下落。
维奇的父亲戴维对记者表示，维奇极度疲劳，但正在恢复。
戴维说，维奇常与他一起看电视上播出的各类野外求生节目。
维奇在飞机坠毁一天后离开事故地点，沿着一条河顺流而下找到了最近的一条道路。
一名开车者看到了她，把她带到最近的小镇接受急救，然后转送医院。
医生说，维奇出现脱水和因没有食物饮水的情况下过度运动造成的肌肉损伤，但相信她能完全康复。
美国海军出动直升机，在周一晚间仍在寻找飞机残骸，但迄今尚未找到。