D.C. Airport Employees Charged After Plane Crash Videos Allegedly Leaked To CNN
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The footage offered the clearest view of the collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people.
Two airport employees have been charged after allegedly leaking to CNN video footage of last week’s fatal plane and helicopter crash in Washington, D.C.
The two videos aired by CNN on Friday offered the clearest views of the Jan. 29 collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people.
American Airlines Flight 5342 is seen descending into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the Army Black Hawk helicopter travels straight into it, creating an explosion in the sky.
Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Maryland, was arrested Friday and charged with computer trespass for “making an unauthorized copy of Airports Authority records,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement.
He was booked into the Arlington County Adult Detention Center and released on his own recognizance.