{"id":2398947,"date":"2025-02-04T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-dc-airport-workers-arrested-over-plane-crash-footage\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T19:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T00:23:51","slug":"two-dc-airport-workers-arrested-over-plane-crash-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-dc-airport-workers-arrested-over-plane-crash-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Two DC Airport Workers Arrested Over Plane Crash Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-dc-airport-workers-arrested-over-plane-crash-footage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398947&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have been arrested in connection with the unauthorized release of video footage from a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent fatal\u2062 plane crash<\/a> over the potomac \u2062River in Washington, D.C. The crash involved an \u2064Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet, resulting in\u200b the \u200ddeaths of 67 people, marking it as \u200cone of the \u2062deadliest air accidents in the U.S. in over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested individuals, Mohamed\u2064 Lamine Mbengue, 21, and Jonathan Savoy, 45, were charged with \u200dcomputer trespass\u200c for\u2062 allegedly leaking the footage to \u2063CNN. Both have been released following their arrests, with\u2063 Mbengue initially scheduled for an arraignment,\u2063 even though it has as \u200cbeen postponed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b leaked video, described as\u2063 surveillance footage, provided a more \u2063direct view of \u2063the collision, according to reports. the police have\u200b stated that the\u200d charges\u2064 correspond to making \u2062an unauthorized copy of\u2062 Airports Authority records, which \u2063constitutes a Class 1 misdemeanor under \u2064Virginia law.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two airport employees have been arrested in connection with what officials said was an unauthorized release of video of last week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mystery-health-issue-explored-as-cause-of-plane-crash-that-killed-trump-donors-family-scrambled-f-16s\/\" title=\"Health issue investigated in fatal plane crash of Trump donors, F-16s deployed.\">fatal plane crash<\/a> over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stunning-footage-new-angles-raises-additional-questions-dc-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing<\/a> the collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet was leaked to CNN, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/two-airport-workers-arrested-leaking-dca-plane-crash-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTTG-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Maryland, was arrested Friday on a charge of computer trespass, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Savoy, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested Sunday. He was also charged with computer trespass.<\/p>\n<p>Both are employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/02\/04\/airport-employees-arrested-charged-computer-trespass-dc-plane-crash\/78206551007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Mbengue was released on his own recognizance from the Arlington County Adult Detention Center, according to radio station <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/local\/2025\/02\/2-airport-workers-charged-in-leak-of-deadly-dc-plane-collision-video-to-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTOP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Two airport employees arrested for leaking the video footage of the D.C. collision last week to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>67 people are deceased because people didn&rsquo;t do their jobs right and they&rsquo;re arresting people who d a video?<\/p>\n<p>Two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fzSpuPimC\">pic.twitter.com\/1fzSpuPimC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1886572416257650904?\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Savoy was released on a summons by a magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>Mbengue was originally scheduled to be arraigned on the charge Monday, but the court hearing was continued.<\/p>\n<p>Savoy&rsquo;s court date was not known.<\/p>\n<p>CNN aired the video Friday, commenting that it appeared to be &ldquo;surveillance video from the airport.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s Kate Bolduan said on the broadcast that the station had exclusively obtained two videos that provided &ldquo;a more direct angle and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-footage-from-new-angles-raises-additional-questions-about-dc-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Stunning Footage from New Angles Raises Additional Questions About DC Plane Crash\">vantage point&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of the midair collision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exclusive: CNN obtains videos showing new angles of DC plane crash\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JTgUrfQsOnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>WTOP quoted a police statement as saying the two airport employees were &ldquo;charged in connection with making an unauthorized copy of Airports Authority records.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Computer trespass is a Class 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/title18.2\/chapter5\/section18.2-152.4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">misdemeanor<\/a> in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The crash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-passengers-downed-flight-included-american-russian-figure-skaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> the lives of 67 people, making it the country&rsquo;s deadliest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-another-plane-crash-time-philadelphia-homes-fire-developing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crash<\/a> in over 20 years, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the dead were aboard the Army helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 64 were aboard the jet liner, which originated in Wichita, Kansas, and was landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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The video, which captured the collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet, was reportedly shared with CNN, as stated by WTTG-TV. Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, from Rockville, Maryland, was taken into custody on Friday for computer trespass. Jonathan Savoy, 45, from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested on Sunday under the same charge. 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