Two airport employees were arrested after allegedly disclosed a video of the outdoor tragic collision last week between An American airline jet and an army helicopter Near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at DC
The two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) were charged in the context of the creation of an unauthorized copy of the Autorors of the Airports Authority, said MWAA spokesperson Rob Yingling, declared in a declaration Tuesday.
Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, from Rockville, MD., Was arrested and accused of computer intrusion on January 31, one day after the accident on the Potomac river. He was sentenced to the Arlington County Adult Detention Center and released on his own commitment, according to Yingling.
Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, from Rockville, MD.
Arlington County Sheriff Bureau
On February 2, Jonathan Savoy, 45, from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was also arrested for computer intrusion. Yingling said that Savoy had been released during a summons by a magistrate judge assigned to the case. (Currently, there is no Savoy mugshot available.)
The disclosed video, broadcast on CNN Depending on reportsCaptured the moment when the US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in the air with a jet of regional passenger from American Airlines, causing 67 deaths, including three army soldiers aboard the helicopter.
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Airport authorities officials did not specify how Mbengue and Savoy obtained or distributed exclusive images.
According to the archives of the District General of the County of Arlington, Mbengue had to be brought to justice on Monday, but the hearing was prosecuted. A future indictment date has not been set.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Monday that he had carried out interviews with air controllers in his collision investigation.
On Tuesday, the rescue team recovered part of the fuselage and the right engine of the Bombardier CRJ-700 passenger jet. He will recover the Sikorsky Uh-60 Black Hawk after recovery from the plane.
The NTSB said that it had obtained training and theft newspapers for the flight teams and maintenance records for the two planes and establishes stories for the two flight teams.
Officials announced on Tuesday a statement that the remains of The 67 victims had been recovered. All except one have been identified.
Fourteen members of figure skating The community was one of the 60 travelers and four crew members aboard the commercial flight at the end of January 29. A student from Ohio College from her grandfather’s funeral, two Chinese nationals and a group of hunters returning from a guided trip to Kansas were also one of those who died in the open-air collision at Reagan National Airport In Washington, DC
The wreckage of the collision is transferred to the Hangar 7 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A large part of the Potomac river remains limited to authorized ships. Two of the less used tracks at the airport remain closed.
–With Reuters and Associated Press files
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