Passengers
This accident attracted unusual media attention for a small commuter plane accident. Two of the three passengers headed for Augusta were Samantha Smith and her father, Arthur. Three years earlier, she had written to Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov regarding her desire for peace between the United States and the Soviet Union. At Andropov's invitation, she and her family toured the Soviet Union. In 1985, ABC hired her to be an actress on its new show Lime Street which was filmed on location in London. She and her father were headed home during a break from shooting when the fatal accident occurred.
Jane Smith, Samantha's mother, filed a wrongful death suit against Bar Harbor Airlines. The case was later settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
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