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Washington DC Plane Crash: Mohamed Lamine Mbengue and Jonathan Savoy were arrested for allegedly leaking the video of the horrifying mid-air collision that killed over 60 people.
Washington DC Plane Crash: A leaked footage offered a closer look at the horrifying collision near the Reagan Airport. (Photo: X)
Washington DC Plane Crash: Two employees of the authority that manages the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport have been arrested for allegedly leaking surveillance footage of the deadly mid-air aircraft collision that killed more than 60 people last week to CNN.
An American Airlines flight arriving at Reagan Airport in Washington collided with a helicopter, after which both the aircraft crashed into the Potomac River. The American Airlines Flight 5342 was carrying 64 people, while the military Blackhawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers.
The deadly mid-air crash shocked the US and triggered a debate on the role of the military chopper in the collision. A chilling new footage was obtained by CNN that offered a new vantage point showing the crash over the Potomac River, according to the New York Post.
Why The Workers Were Arrested?
The exclusive videos gave a closer and clearer look at the air disaster, including one clip in which the chopper is darting from the left side of the screen as the American Airlines flight approached the airport. A second short clip shows the Black Hawk, which was carrying three soldiers, and the Bombardier CRJ700 steaming toward each other before the two smash into each other and explode.
According to CNN, both videos were shot on cell phones. Two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers have been accused of making an unauthorised copy of records and are facing charges of computer trespass, the agency said on Monday.
NEW: Two airport employees arrested for leaking the video footage of the D.C. collision last week to CNN.67 people are deceased because people didn’t do their jobs right and they’re arresting people who shared a video?
Two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority… pic.twitter.com/1fzSpuPimC
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 4, 2025
The two workers have been identified as Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, and Jonathan Savoy, 45, both hailing from Maryland. Mbengue was charged on Friday and Savoy was charged on Sunday, the MWAA said in an email.
Mbengue was booked into Arlington County Adult Detention Center and later released while Savoy was issued a summons by the magistrate and cut loose. No further details were given by the authority.
Meanwhile, authorities have recovered most of the bodies of the 67 people from the Potomac River. Officials began pulling the wreckage of the plane, after which they will start recovering the Black Hawk chopper.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) — One hundred and twenty members of the Iowa National Guard are leaving Friday for Washington, D.C., where they will assist with security measures and America 250 celebrations at the request of the Trump administration.
Reynolds initially said no
Gov. Kim Reynolds said she had previously declined the Trump administration’s request, citing the strain of one of the state’s largest recent deployments.
“They asked earlier, and I said no because we had one of the largest deployments that we’ve had for a long, long time and I just felt that we were stretched pretty thin,” Reynolds said.
Nearly 2,000 Iowa National Guard members had spent a year or more deployed to the Middle East. Those soldiers have since returned home.
Guard members now available following Middle East return
With those troops back, Reynolds said Iowa was in a position to fulfill the president’s request.
“We have them all back. They circled back, especially with everything that’s going on with the 250th uh birthday uh of our country. And so we were able to participate and do our share,” Reynolds said.
Different states have sent National Guard members to Washington, D.C., since last August.
Reynolds said the federal government will pay the costs of Iowa’s deployment to Washington, D.C.
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WASHINGTON – Metro riders are seeing changes Thursday morning as WMATA adjusts its shuttle bus system following concerns about long lines and confusion tied to the Red Line summer shutdown.
Express shuttles to North Bethesda will now only pick up on Wisconsin Avenue near the Trader Joe’s. Local shuttles serving Bethesda, Medical Center and Grosvenor have been moved to the Friendship Heights Metro station, while some regular Metrobus routes are picking up on Western Avenue.
Red Line Shuttle Service Updates
• Local shuttle boarding will be relocated to Bus Bay K – the current C83/D96 bus stop on Wisconsin Ave.
• C83 and D96 buses will be relocated to the bus shelter on Western Ave near Wisconsin Ave.
• Express shuttle boarding will remain in the 5300 block of Wisconsin Ave NW.
What we know:
FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick says Red Line riders say the shutdown has added time to their commute, though many are trying to stay positive. The shuttles connect North Bethesda and Friendship Heights through September 6, when Purple Line construction is expected to wrap up.
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The workaround relies on dedicated shuttle bus lanes along northbound and southbound Wisconsin Avenue/355 and up to Rockville Pike. But truck drivers, delivery drivers and passenger vehicles have been stopping or parking in those lanes, forcing shuttles to go around and slowing traffic.
Metro and Montgomery County police have increased enforcement to keep the lanes clear. Metro Transit Police say they asked more than 60 drivers to move out of the bus lanes in the first days of the shutdown.
Metro is also adding about 100 parking spaces at Friendship Heights in the former Lord & Taylor garage. Some Montgomery County riders are opting for the MARC train downtown instead.
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The Source: Information in this article comes from WMATA and previous FOX 5 reporting.
Washington D.C. police are searching for a vandal who was caught on surveillance video slashing the tires of multiple vehicles in a Georgetown alley on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect, who fled the scene on a red bicycle, targeted a Chevy Suburban and a Ford Escape on the 1700 block of 35th Street Northwest.
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