FAA Orders Fix for Boeing 737 Max Cabin Overheating Risk

The order applies to more than 2,000 airplanes worldwide, including 771 registered in the United States.
FAA Orders Fix for Boeing 737 Max Cabin Overheating Risk
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside a hangar at the Boeing plant in Renton, Wash., in this file photo. Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered operators of Boeing 737 Max jets to address a fault in the aircraft’s environmental control system that can cause the cabin to become dangerously hot.

In an order issued Feb. 24, the FAA said it received two reports of in-flight incidents involving “excessive cabin and flight deck temperatures that could not be controlled by the flight crew using existing procedures.”