The FAA is warning parents to stop holding their babies on their laps on planes, fearing that infants could be sucked out of the plane if more doors explode on commercial airlines.
Parents are advised to purchase a seat for their child instead of holding them on their laps. Turbulence is the leading cause of pediatric injuries on airplanes. >By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com
Experts warn parents not to put babies on their laps when flying after that a panel exploded on an Alaska Airlines plane. aircraft at 16,000 feet.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have stated that if a baby is seated on the parents' knees near the window, they would have been swept out of the plane.
Agencies are urging parents to purchase a separate seat for their children despite guidelines allowing children under two years of age. old to fly free after last week's 'truly terrifying' incident.
'The safest place for a child under two years of age is in an approved child restraint system or device, not the child's lap 'an adult,' the FAA told Dailymail.com.
Currently, parents are not required to purchase separate seats for babies and are allowed to hold them on their laps , but the protection of the child could outweigh the financial cost of spending more money to travel, according to the FAA and NTSB.
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Experts warn parents not to put babies on their laps when flying after that a panel exploded on an Alaska Airlines plane. aircraft at 16,000 feet.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have stated that if a baby is seated on the parents' knees near the window, they would have been swept out of the plane.
Agencies are urging parents to purchase a separate seat for their children despite guidelines allowing children under two years of age. old to fly free after last week's 'truly terrifying' incident.
'The safest place for a child under two years of age is in an approved child restraint system or device, not the child's lap 'an adult,' the FAA told Dailymail.com.
Currently, parents are not required to purchase separate seats for babies and are allowed to hold them on their laps , but the protection of the child could outweigh the financial cost of spending more money to travel, according to the FAA and NTSB.
When we asked him...
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