A Boeing executive in charge of 737 Max program is leaving the company in first shake-up following the midair door plug blowout

• The Boeing executive who oversaw the 737 Max program is leaving the company.
• Ed Clark's departure follows a midair blowout on a 737 Max flight in January due to missing bolts.
• The announcement in a Wednesday memo marks the first major staffing shake-up since the disaster. 

The Boeing executive responsible for the company's 737 Max program is out at the company weeks after one of its aircraft suffered a midair blowout on a January flight.

Ed Clark, who oversaw production of the 737 Max, is "leaving the company" after almost 18 years, Stan Deal, chief executive of Boeing's commercial airplane division, said in a company memo obtained by Business Insider.