{"id":2225717,"date":"2024-04-19T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-rockies-under-federal-investigation-after-in-flight-incident\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T23:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T03:15:21","slug":"colorado-rockies-under-federal-investigation-after-in-flight-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-rockies-under-federal-investigation-after-in-flight-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies Face Federal Probe Following In-Flight Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-rockies-under-federal-investigation-after-in-flight-incident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Federal \u2064Aviation Administration\u200d (FAA) and United Airlines are investigating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-may-face-multiple-investigations-over-her-private-flight-to-florida\/\" title=\"Whitmer May Face Multiple Investigations Over Her Private Flight To Florida\">chartered flight<\/a> carrying the Colorado Rockies from Denver to Toronto. The incident involves Rockies hitting coach&#8230; [Click on &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; for full summary] The Federal\u200d Aviation Administration (FAA) and \u2064United\u2063 Airlines are currently investigating a chartered flight that transported the Colorado Rockies from Denver to Toronto. This inquiry \u200dis related to an incident involving the Rockies hitting coach&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United Airlines have launched an investigation involving a chartered flight that was transporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado Rockies<\/a> from Denver to Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens posted a video on social media that showed him sitting in the pilot\u2019s seat in the cockpit while the plane was in the air, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/39976154\/rockies-coach-posts-video-cockpit-prompting-faa-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad 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,\u201d Meulens wrote in a caption for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Colorado Rockies are under investigation by the FAA and United Airlines after a video showed hitting coach Hensley Meulens in the cockpit of the team\u2019s charter mid-flight.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/raRrpPBJzY\">pic.twitter.com\/raRrpPBJzY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1781375768548823108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>United Airlines responded to the video by saying in a statement: \u201cWe\u2019re deeply disturbed by what we see in that video, which appears to show an unauthorized person in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-airlines-says-it-wants-50-of-pilots-trained-in-next-decade-to-be-women-or-people-of-color\/\" title=\"United Airlines Says It Wants 50% Of Pilots Trained In Next Decade To Be Women Or People Of Color\">flight deck<\/a> at cruise altitude while the autopilot was engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a clear violation of our safety and operational policies, we\u2019ve reported the incident to the FAA and have withheld the pilots from service while we conduct an investigation,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The FAA said that it opened an investigation, but that it will \u201cnot comment on the details of open investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal regulations restrict flight deck access to specific individuals,\u201d the FAA added.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAA and United Airlines are probing a chartered flight carrying the Colorado Rockies from Denver to Toronto. 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