US FAA to Probe Baseball Coach in Cockpit During a Flight From Denver to Toronto

Published on April 20, 2024

Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft “at cruise altitude,” while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation is underway but it will not comment further while the process is ongoing. The comments come after a post on social media platform X showed a video allegedly taken from the Instagram account of Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens, showing a man who appears to be Meulens sitting in the pilot’s seat on an active flight....