Pennsylvania Man Charged In Military Helicopter Sabotage

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged in the purposeful and malicious act of damaging parts on a helicopter slated for military use. The damage was discovered before delivery to the military. The article calls this vandalism, but I'd suggest that it was sabotage and should be treated as such:

Prosecutors say 32-year-old assembly line worker Matthew Kevin Montgomery was charged with cutting the wires on an H-47 Chinook helicopter. U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan says investigators are still trying to determine who damaged a second helicopter at the plant.

Two workers found what the company called irregularities in the helicopters last week.

The Chinook is the Army's workhorse aircraft and is used to move troops and supplies. Boeing is producing new Chinooks for the Army, as well as updating older models. The military has not grounded any helicopters now in use.

Had the damage gone undetected, it is possible that the helicopters could have crashed and caused serious injury or death to those on board.

UPDATE:
Apparently the guy was disgruntled over a job transfer. That's why he purposefully cut 70 bundles of wires. Again, the AP refers to this as vandalism, even though he was sabotaging the airworthiness of the helicopter he was working on. The helicopter would have been unable to fly as a result of the damage done.

Investigators are still looking into who sabotaged a second helicopter at the plant.