FAA investigating safety breaches after Colorado Rockies coach sat in a plane cockpit and joked about landing it during a United Airlines charter flight, reports say

• A Colorado Rockies coach was filmed in a United Airlines cockpit mid-flight, reports say.
• A video appeared to show Hensley Meulens cracking jokes with others on the flight deck.
• The alleged unauthorized cockpit visit breaches federal safety regulations.

Federal aviation officials have launched an investigation after a viral video appeared to show a Colorado Rockies coach making a cockpit visit during a United Airlines charter flight last week, said reports.

It is against federal safety regulations, made more strict following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, for unauthorized people to be in the cockpit during a flight, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).