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

　　IsItSafetoFlyWithanInfantonYourLap?

　　Federal(联邦的)transportationsafetyofficialsareusingthedeadlycrashofanoverloadedplaneinMontanatorestore(25)______________long-standingdebateaboutwhethersmallchildrenshouldbeallowedtotravelonthelaps(大腿部)ofadults.

　　The10-seaterplanecrashedasit(26)______________(land)inButteinMarch2009killingall14peopleaboardincludingsevenchildren.Investigatorssaythatseveralofthechildrenwerefoundfarfromtheplanesuggestingthattheyweren’tproperlyrestrained.

　　TheNationalTransportationSafetyBoardisaskingregulatorstorequireallpassengerstohavetheirownseatsandseatbeltsincludingchildrenundertheageof2who(27)______________(allow)tositonanadult’slapnow.

　　Thecrashwassoseverethatit’sunlikelyanybodywouldhavesurvivedevenwithproperrestraints(28)______________the“accidentrenewstheNTSB’slongstandingconcerns”abouttherestraintstherecommendationreads.

　　TheFAA(联邦航空局)agreesthatthesafestplaceforachildonaflightisinaseatusingan(29)______________(approve)childrestraintandnotonanadult’slap.ButtheFAAwon’tmakeitarequirementbecausetheagencybelievesmanyfamilieswithsmallchildrenwouldn’tpaythecostofanextraticketandinsteadwouldtravelbyhighwaywhichstatisticallyismuchmoredangerousthanairtravel.

　　LastdecadetheFAAconsidered(30)______________(change)therulebutdecidedagainstit(31)______________(refer)tostatistics(统计数字)from2004showingnearly43000peoplediedonU.S.highwayscomparedto13oncommercialflights.

　　“Whatwefoundwas(32)______________thereweresomeparentswhowouldbesensitivetopriceandtheywouldchoosetodriveinsteadoffly”FAAspokeswomanAlisonDuquettesaid.“Wewouldbeforcingthemintoautomobileswhicharelesssafe.”