By Lexi Solomon

The Herald-Sun

DURHAM, N.C. — Seven years after a Duke Life Flight helicopter crashed in eastern North Carolina, killing all four people on board, a lawsuit filed by two of the victims’ families has been settled for tens of millions of dollars.

Flight nurses Kristopher Harrison, 44, and Crystal Sollinger, 47; pilot Jeff Burke, 51; and patient Mary Bartlett, 70, died in the Sept. 8, 2017, accident, The News & Observer previously reported.

Harrison and Bartlett’s families sued Burke’s estate; Air Methods, the operator of the Life Flight program; Airbus Helicopters, which sold the helicopter; and Safran Helicopter Engines USA, which manufactured its engines, three months later, claiming their loved ones were wrongfully killed.

Their suits were dismissed Wednesday in excha

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