Two airport workers from Maryland are facing charges for allegedly leaking video of the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C., last week, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Two Maryland men are facing charges for allegedly leaking video of the deadly plane crash in D.C. to the media.

Officials arrested two Maryland men after they allegedly leaked video of the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to the media, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority employees Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, and Jonathan Savoy, both of Maryland, are charged with computer trespass.

Mbengue was charged with the misdemeanor Friday, the same day CNN aired the exclusive surveillance footage, and later released on his own recognizance from the Arlington County Adult Detention Center.

Two airport employees have been arrested in connection with what officials said was an unauthorized release of video of last week's fatal plane crash over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The footage showing the collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet was leaked to CNN,

Two airport employees have been charged after they allegedly made an unauthorized copy of records belonging to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority a week after the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport involving a military helicopter and an American Airlines flight.

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