Jakarta (CNN) Lion Air Flight 610 was intact with its engines running when it crashed at high speed into the Java Sea, the head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Monday. Soerjanto Tjahjono said that due to the small size of the debris found and loss of the plane's engine blades, investigators determined that Flight 610 did not explode in the air, but was in "good shape" before it crashed 13 minutes after takeoff on Monday, October 29. Speaking with victims' families on Monday in Jakarta, Soerjanto said there was a technical problem with the brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft on the day of the crash. Authorities previously confirmed that the pilots flying the same plane on another route the day before the crash had experienced technical issues. A remotely operated underwater vehicle is prepared for a dive in search of Flight 610's cockpit voice recorder.

Source: CNN November 05, 2018 08:03 UTC