Boeing Quality Chief Elizabeth Lund to Retire

Elizabeth Lund, Boeing's senior vice president of quality for commercial airplanes, is set to retire in December after a 33-year career at the company. Lund took on her role in February following a crisis triggered by a mid-air panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9, which was attributed to a failure to install necessary retaining bolts. Despite her leadership during a tumultuous period, Lund faced scrutiny from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for violating investigation protocols by sharing non-public information. As a consequence, Boeing's access to NTSB investigative data was revoked. Lund will be succeeded by Doug Ackerman, who has been involved in Boeing's ongoing quality improvement plans. The Federal Aviation Administration is currently conducting a safety review of Boeing, which is expected to take three months.