IsItSafetoFlyWithanInfantonYourLap?Federal(联邦的)transportationsafetyofficialsareusingthedeadlycrashofanoverloadedplaneinMontanatorestore(25)long-standingdebateaboutwhethersmallchil

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Is It Safe to Fly With an Infant on Your Lap?

       Federal (联邦的) transportation safety officials are using the deadly crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to restore (25) ______________ long-standing debate about whether small children should be allowed to travel on the laps (大腿部) of adults.

The 10-seater plane crashed as it (26) ______________( land ) in Butte in March 2009 killing all 14 people aboard including seven children. Investigators say that several of the children were found far from the plane suggesting that they weren’t properly restrained.

The National Transportation Safety Board is asking regulators to require all passengers to have their own seats and seat belts including children under the age of 2 who(27) ______________ ( allow ) to sit on an adult’s lap now.

The crash was so severe that it’s unlikely anybody would have survived even with proper restraints (28) ______________ the “accident renews the NTSB’s longstanding concerns” about the restraints the recommendation reads.

The FAA (联邦航空局) agrees that the safest place for a child on a flight is in a seat using an(29) ______________ ( approve ) child restraint and not on an adult’s lap. But the FAA won’t make it a requirement because the agency believes many families with small children wouldn’t pay the cost of an extra ticket and instead would travel by highway which statistically is much more dangerous than air travel.

Last decade the FAA considered(30) ______________( change ) the rule but decided against it (31) ______________ ( refer ) to statistics (统计数字) from 2004 showing nearly 43 000 people died on U.S. highways compared to 13 on commercial flights.

“What we found was (32) ______________ there were some parents who would be sensitive to price and they would choose to drive instead of fly ” FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette said. “We would be forcing them into automobiles which are less safe.”

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