United forces 2-year-old onto mother’s lap for three hour flight

BOSTON, MA (NBC News) — United Airlines is apologizing for giving a 2-year-old boy’s seat away to a standby passenger.
Pictures show the boy sitting in his mother’s lap on a United flight from Houston to Boston last week.
The mother was forced to hold her son for the three-and-a-half hour flight.
Shirley Yamauchi says she bought a ticket for her 2-year-old son months ago.
United’s website says once infants turn 2-years-old they are required to have a purchased ticket