Two pilots suspended over Snapchat

Two Easyjet pilots have been suspended after footage emerged of them playing a Snapchat game in a cockpit.

Senior figures at the budget airline carrier said the pair had been stopped from flying “pending a disciplinary investigation”.

In a video published by a national newspaper, the co-pilot can be seen completing paperwork with a virtual owl dancing on the screen beside him.

Later, he dances next to an animated character with the aircraft said to be at 30,000ft.

The videos, were filmed during a flight from Paris to Madrid on Wednesday.

Neither of the pilots were looking at the controls or at the path of the plane as they fooled around on social media.

Captain Michel Castellucci was responsible for posting the video.

He also captioned the content, which was posted to his Instagram account, “pilot_flyingnut”. The caption said: “Dancing first officer in cruise doing paperwork.” He posted a selfie on Instagram, asking his followers if they wanted “more”, and also described himself and his colleague as “#Teamflyingnut”. The film was viewed more than 6,000 times before the social media account was deleted.