Safety
TSB Speaks Out on Injuries to Lap-Held Children
Canada's safety board is seeking data to determine the extent of injuries to children held in their parents' laps on commerical flights.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) wants infants and young children to receive the same level of protection from injury on board a commercial aircraft—possibly through the use of child restraint systems—currently offered to adults. The TSB says a lack of data is hampering research efforts into the extent of the problem because airlines do not count infants seated with their parents in total passenger numbers, nor do they separate the number of young people under age 12 from the total passenger numbers.