Boeing 737 in China Crash Has Good Safety Record, Unlike the Max
- NG-era planes like 737-800 have had very few fatal accidents
- Sudden descent was interrupted by brief altitude climb
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The Boeing Co. 737-800 NG model that crashed in China on Monday is considered one of the safest aircraft ever made.
The China Eastern Airlines Corp. jetliner carrying 132 people from Kunming in Yunnan province to the manufacturing center of Guangzhou fell rapidly from cruising altitude, according to Flightradar24.