Boeing 737-800 crash in China

Geez! Woke up this morning before my morning flight and seen this news, I didn’t read, knew I shouldn’t have clicked this thread.

Has there ever been a nosedive from so high up (cruising altitude) due to mechanical/weather? I’ve always been told near impossible, this almost sounds like pilot error unless those Max have another bug.

This was 737-800, not a MAX.

I think right now you can presume this is something peculiar to this flight or possibly to how the airline manages this airplane. But those 800 series have been flying for decades in the US.

The MAX system was new.