Families of 68 people killed three years ago when an American Eagle flight slammed into an Indiana farm field settled their lawsuits in Chicago Monday with the airline and manufacturers of the airplane. “We are terribly sorry that this happened,” American Airlines attorney Anton Valukas said as the settlement was announced. “We can never compensate you for the loss that you have suffered.” The exact amount of the settlement was not disclosed immediately. In six cases, the monetary award has not been settled yet. American Eagle Flight 4184, bound from Indianapolis to O’Hare International Airport, was in a holding pattern in a freezing rain the evening of Oct. 31, 1994, when it suddenly rolled and plunged to the ground near Roselawn, Ind. All aboard the French-built ATR-72 turboprop died.
