Crime & Justice

Airport Employees Arrested for Allegedly Leaking D.C Plane Crash Video

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The pair were charged for making an unauthorized copy of records.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30:  Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
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Two airport employees working at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) in D.C. were arrested after being suspected of leaking a video of last week’s deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. USA Today reported that Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, and Jonathan Savoy, 45, were charged with computer trespassing after they allegedly made an unauthorized copy of the Airports Authority records related to the Jan. 29 plane collision and apparently leaked the footage to CNN, MWAA spokesperson Rob Yingling told USA Today Tuesday morning. Court records show that the charge is a misdemeanor. Mbengue, of Rockville, Maryland, was the first to be booked into the Arlington County Adult Detention Center and released on his own recognizance. Later, according to Yingling, Savoy of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was charged and then released on a summons by a magistrate assigned to the case.

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