Boeing ousts head of 737 jetliner program weeks after panel blowout on a flight over Oregon

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SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing said Wednesday that the head of its 737 jetliner program is leaving the company in an executive shake-up weeks after a door panel blew out on a flight over Oregon, renewing questions about safety at the company.

Boeing announced that Ed Clark, who had been with the company for nearly 18 years and led the 737 program since early 2021, was leaving immediately.

Clark oversaw the factory in Renton, Washington, where final assembly took place on the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 involved in last month’s accident. Federal investigators said bolts needed to help keep a panel called a door plug in place were missing after repair work on the plane.

Katie Ringgold, a vice president in charge of delivering 737s to airlines, will succeed Clark as vice president and general manager of the 737 program and the Renton factory, according to an email to employees from Stan Deal, the CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplanes division.

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-737-quality-ed-clark-fafcceb3a58aaded9c3afe96cf7a9fce

[Wonder Why]

1. With a nice big buyout? Hope so. Poor guy has earned it, costing Boeing tons of dough and mud on the face.