New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) have been accused of leaking official airport footage capturing the moment an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Airlines Flight 5342 over the Potomac River near Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) last week.

According to MWAA, both men have been charged with making an unauthorised copy of Airports Authority records related to the January 29 plane collision. The leaked footage was reportedly shared with CNN, as reported by FOX 5 D.C.

Fox News report said authorities arrested Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Maryland, on January 31, charging him with computer trespass, a misdemeanor. Further investigations led to...