A mother thought her baby was blown out of a plane. The FAA still allows infants on laps | CNN Business

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It was horrifying enough for anyone when a door plug popped off an Alaska Airlines flight at more than 16,000 feet last year, causing an explosive decompression. But one mother’s nightmare was particularly acute, as she thought she lost her baby out of the gaping hole in the side of the plane.

It’s an unimaginable horror, and one that safety regulators could have prevented by requiring that parents secure infants on board planes in a car seat, as they must be when riding in a car.

But despite years of calls

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