Originally Posted by
tommyleo
This is likely an unwarranted concern. Can anyone cite any examples of a "projectile" lap child who injured another passenger on any flight?
Last summer, I can't remember the flight number but it was DCA-DFW in an ERJ and we hit the worst weather I have ever flown through; one of the FA's even fell (she landed half-in, half-out of a PAX lap and it would have been funny if it wasn't so scary)-- and you know the FA's never fall down. Anyway a lap baby did indeed become a projectile in that flight. He didn't injure another passenger but did have a pretty hard impact and got a nasty bump on the head. No permanent damage but that was just from severe turbulence. Probably wouldn't have happened if he'd been restrained. Probably would have been a lot worse in an actual crash/bad landing.