Harlem Shake On Plane, Colorado College Ultimate Frisbee Team [VIDEOS]: FAA Launches Federal Investigation Into Latest Viral Dance Video

The latest installment of the 'Harlem Shake' comes to us from the Colorado College Ultimate Frisbee Team, who we see are on board a plane, mid-flight, and getting the all of the passengers in on the Internet craze. Naturally, this video has garnered a lot of attention, but now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially launched an investigation into the incident. This is probably not the kind of "buzz" the video-makers were looking for.

This video has over 600,000 views and takes place on Frontier Flight 157. Like most 'Harlem Shake' videos, it starts off with one solo dancer and eventually involves many more as the "beep drops"(FACT: This is not actually the 'Harlem Shake'). This clip shows one Ultimate Frisbee team member solo dancing in a helmet and then the whole cabin of passengers join in, some of which dressed in wacky costumes. Fun stuff! This is definitely a good 'Harlem Shake' viral video. Unfortunately, dancing during a flight is not so good. Leslie Weddel, Colorado College spokeswoman, said, "[The students] definitely had permission from the flight crew."

Sophomore Matt Zelin, the videographer of the clip said, "Obviously, I hope that this whole situation is solved with the FAA. I don't see there being any reason why this should cause any trouble. We asked the staff and they said it was safe."

According to ABCNews:

A federal official who did not want to be identified because of the ongoing investigation said the video "looks bad" -- but as long as it wasn't recorded as the plane was taking off or landing, then it probably isn't a crime. If the video was recorded against the wishes of the Frontier flight attendants, however, the official said, the passengers could be charged with interfering with a flight crew.

An original Wiki description of the "Harlem Shake" reads:

"The Harlem Shake, originally called the albee in Harlem, is a dance that started in 1981. The dance became mainstream in 2001 when G-Dep featured the Harlem shake in his music video Let's Get It. It has its history from an North-East African or Ethiopian (Abyssinian) dance called "Eskista" and was allegedly started in Harlem by a man named Al B. Its ancient form "Eskista" is still used in Ethiopia today...

The Harlem Shake went viral in 2013, with the release of the song 'Harlem Shake' by American producer Baauer and numerous YouTube videos uploaded featuring the dance to his song."