Officials have arrested two airport workers for leaking video footage of the tragic plane crash in Washington D.C.

Jonathan Savoy, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and Mohamed Lamine Mbengue, 21, of Rockville, Maryland, were both charged with computer trespass for making unauthorized copies of surveillance video and sharing the clips exclusively with CNN.

It's unknown if CNN paid for the harrowing footage, which showed two separate angles of the collision between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Airport workers stole video

The two airport workers allegedly captured surveillance footage on their cellphones and then leaked it to the world.

They work for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which oversees the two major airports in the capital region, Reagan National and Dulles International.

"It was reported to the MWAA Police Department, Criminal Investigation Section that an employee with MWAA Police Department, Criminal Investigation Section that an employee with the MWAA Public Safety Communication (Dispatchers) had video recorded/taken pictures of video of the deceases that were involved in the aircraft collision," a criminal complaint states.

"The videos/ pictures were taken on the Accused's cellphone from a computer that was logged on an MWAA restricted network to view video surveillance. The Accused recorded videos of the deceased bodies being transferred from a first-responder boat onto a staging area."

Mbengue was booked into Arlington County Adult Detention Center and released, while Savoy was issued a summons by the magistrate and released.

Cause of crash unclear

The cause of the crash is unknown at this time, but a preliminary investigation has determined the Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before the crash.

Meanwhile, senators were told at a briefing Thursday that the helicopter's advanced tracking system was turned off.

"This was a training mission, so there was no compelling national security reason for ADS-B to be turned off," Republican senator Ted Cruz (TX.) said after the briefing.

The remains of all 67 victims have been recovered from the icy waters of the Potomac. The disaster - the deadliest in American aviation in 25 years - left no survivors.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shared the harrowing last moments of the plane's crew after recovering the plane's black boxes, which record sound and flight data.

"The crew had a verbal reaction," investigator Bruce Banning said. "Sounds of impact were audible about one second later, followed by the end of the recording."