Boeing's head of quality for commercial airplanes, Elizabeth Lund, who has spearheaded the planemaker's improvement plans, will retire in December, the company said on Monday.

In a memo sent Monday to staff, Boeing executive Stephanie Pope said Lund had planned to retire this year but was asked to take on a safety and quality plan that Boeing had to sub

One of the company's most prominent woman executives will retire from the job she took after the in-flight panel blowout. She's been with Boeing over 33 years.