different flight, those three in the middle, feared lost. the boeing 737 max 8, which plunged 13 minutes after takeoff, was in service for only two months. lion air claims a mechanical issue the day before the accident was resolved. now, authorities appear to be ruling out terrorism, leaning towards technical failure. but with these types of aircraft in use in the united states, the race is on to find out what brought down that plane after it left this airport. david? bob woodruff from jakarta. bob, thank you. and back here at home and from pittsburgh tonight, a federal grand jury has now indicted the suspect in the synagogue massacre. robert bowers is now facing 44 counts, including hate crimes. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. it came as three more of the 11 victims were laid to rest, and there were long lines today waiting to pay respects to the families of joyce fienberg, melvin wax and irving younger. next tonight here, megyn kelly s exit from nbc is now playing o
i understand that an official has been relieved of duties. any progress on what caused this plane to come down? reporter: lion air, the low cost operator of this plane, they announced that they fired their technical director at the urging of the transport ministry which says they are investigating that individual as well as the airline. and they are inspecting other boeing 737s in indonesia s various companies, inspecting them for potential problems. if you take a close look at the flight path of this doomed flight monday morning, lion air flight 610, and we have flight data from the flight monitor called flight radar 24, experts have looked at the altitude which was varying dramatically as well as the speed saying it