Airport employees charged for allegedly leaking surveillance video of fatal helicopter-jet crash

Both individuals were from Maryland and were charged with computer trespass

Published: February 4, 2025 11:22am

Updated: February 4, 2025 12:11pm

Two airport workers have been charged for allegedly give surveillance video to the news media of the deadly midair crash last week at Reagan National Airport, just outside of Washington, D.C., according to news reports Tuesday. 

The workers are employed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which runs the airport. 

According to the agency, the employees made an "unauthorized copy" of the collision, in which all 67 people onboard died, and gave it to CNN.

The two charged have been identified as Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Maryland, and Jonathan Savoy, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, according to the local TV station WUSA-9.

An American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter Jan. 29 and plunged into the Potomac River. 

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