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Continental Connection Flight 3407 — On February 12, 2009, just minutes prior to landing, Continental Connection Flight 3407 (operated by Colgan Air) plunged from the sky and crashed into a home at Clarence Center, New York. All 49 people aboard and one person in the home perished in the accident. Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C. is currently involved in wrongful death litigation arising out of the crash of Flight 3407. Pilot training, inexperience, fatigue and inattentiveness are factors in this crash. Read more about Flight 3407.

A Snapshot of Continental Airlines, Inc.

Continental Airlines, Inc. is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has hubs in New York, Cleveland, Houston, and Guam. The airline began flying from El Paso, Texas to Pueblo, Colorado in July 1934 as Varney Speed Lines. In 1937, it changed its name to Continental Airlines and relocated its corporate headquarters to Houston, Texas in 1982 after merging with Texas International.

Continental Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance network and operates in North America, Central America, Asia, and Europe. It has U.S. alliances with Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, American Eagle (on select West Coast flights), Amtrak (on select trains in the Northeast U.S.), Continental Express and Continental Connection. Its international alliances include Aerorepublica, Emirates, EVA Air, Kingfisher, the SNCF French Rail and Virgin Atlantic.

Regional flights are operated by Continental Connection and Continental Express, under code-share agreement with Continental Airlines. Continental Connection is operated by CommutAir, Colgan Air, Cape Air and Gulfstream International Airlines. Continental Express is operated by Chautauqua Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines.

Continental operates more than 2,800 daily flights and serves 135 domestic and 132 international destinations. It employs over 45,000 employees and has annual earnings of over $3.5 billion.

Continental Airlines Accident and Incident History

The following is a summary of the major accidents and incidents of Continental Airlines, including those involving Continental Express and Continental Connection:

• Continental Connection Flight 3407/Colgan Air, Clarence Center, NY, February 12, 2009
• Continental Airlines Flight 1404, Denver, CO, December 20, 2008
• Continental Airlines Flight 475, Guadalajara, Mexico, September 16, 1998
• Continental Airlines Flight 75, inflight mishap, Los Angeles to Hawaii, May 21, 1998
• Continental Airlines Flight 1943, Houston, TX, February 19, 1996
• Continental Airlines Flight 588, Denver, CO, April 27, 1993
• Continental Express Flight 2574, Eagle Lake, TX, September 11, 1991
• Continental Express Flight 2286, Durango, CO, January 19, 1988
• Continental Airlines Flight 1713, Denver, CO, November 15, 1987
• Continental Airlines Flight 603, Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 1978
• Continental Airlines Flight 12, Kansas City, MO, July 1, 1965
• Continental Airlines Flight 290, Kansas City, MO, January 28, 1963
• Continental Airlines Flight 11, Unionville, MO, May 22, 1962

Continental Airlines Accidents and Incidents Handled by Baum Hedlund:

Baum Hedlund has handled some of the largest aviation accidents in history, including the following Continental accidents:

• Continental Connection Flight 3407/Colgan Air, Clarence Center, NY, February 12, 2009 (1 passenger represented)
• Continental Airlines Flight 1404, Denver, CO, December 20, 2008 (7 passengers represented)
• Continental Airlines Flight 75, inflight mishap, Los Angeles to Hawaii, May 21, 1998 (6 passengers represented)
• Continental Airlines Flight 588, Denver, CO, April 27, 1993 (1 passenger represented)
• Continental Express Flight 2286, Durango, CO, January 19, 1988 (1 passenger represented)

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The law firm of Baum Hedlund is a global leader in aviation accident cases. We offer a legal team that includes two pilots, a mechanical engineer, a bioengineer, a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, AV* rated lawyers and professors of law, one of whom was an aviation tort law professor for 21 years.

With offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington DC, we represent surviving crash victims and the families of air disaster victims throughout the U.S., and around the world.

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