DC Airport Employees Arrested For Leaking Plane Crash Video
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Two employees of the authority that manages the Washington National Airport were arrested over their involvement in leaking footage of last week’s deadly midair aircraft collision.
The airport staff were accused of making an unauthorized copy of records and are facing charges of computer trespassing. The legal trouble is tied to the video obtained by CNN last week that offered a horrifying new vantage point in the crash over the Potomac River.
The videos gave a closer and cleaner look at the air disaster. It includes one clip in which the chopper is dating from the left side of the screen as the American Airlines flight approaches the airport. A second short clip shows the Black Hawk, which was carrying three soldiers, and the Bombardier CRJ700 heading toward each other before the two smash together and explode.
The Wednesday night collision between the two aircraft’s killed a total of 67 people. After parts from the plane are taken to shore, the Black Hawk chopper will be recovered. Questions remain over how the midair crash have happened, with a federal investigation ongoing.
