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. A 33-year veteran of Boeing,

One of the company's most prominent female executives will retire next month from the job she took on after January's in-flight panel blowout. She's been with Boeing more than 33 years.

The executive’s retirement comes as the manufacturer attempts to restart factories after a damaging strike.

The engine of a Hainan Airlines' Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner caught fire shortly after taking off from Rome's Fiumicino Airport, according to reports. Italian news outlets including Repubblica and Corriere della Sera have published videos appearing to show one of the engines of the aircraft going ablaze.