The Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines launched investigations after video surfaced on social media showing a coach for the Colorado Rockies baseball team sitting in a plane's cockpit earlier this month, according to media reports.
The probes were prompted after the team's hitting coach, Hensley Meulens, posted a video showing him in the pilot's seat on the chartered jet during a flight from Denver to Toronto, reported Fox News Digital.
"Had some fun in the cockpit on our flight from Denver to Toronto. Thanks to the captain and the first officer of our United charter that allowed me this great experience," said the caption of the now-deleted Instagram post.
The FAA confirmed to Fox News Digital that the incident, revealed in the posting, is under investigation.
United Airlines said in a statement that it has suspended the pilots who were on the flight.
"We're deeply disturbed by what we see in that video, which appears to show an unauthorized person in the flight deck at cruise altitude while the autopilot was engaged," the statement noted.
"As a clear violation of our safety and operational policies, we've reported the incident to the FAA and have withheld the pilots from service while we conduct an investigation," the statement said.
The Rockies declined to comment when asked for a comment by the Denver Post.
But the team's manager, Bud Black, said Meulens apologized to the organization, members of the team and United Airlines, the newspaper reported.
"I can't comment really any further because of the investigation of the matter," Black said.
