Dennis Muilenburg, the chief executive officer of the Boeing Company, has been sacked, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported.
The Boeing board explained the decision in a press release, saying that it made the move in a bid to restore confidence in the company.
Kenyans who lost loved ones in a crash that involved a 737 Max plane belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines weighed in on the sacking of Muilenburg.
"While the resignation of Mr Muilenburg is a step in the right direction, it is clear that the Boeing Company needs a revamp of its corporate governance," said Paul Njoroge, who lost his wife, three children and mother-in-law when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed in March, as quoted by the BBC.
Zipporah Kuria, who lost her father in the Ethiopian Airlines flight crash, also weighed on the decision by Boeing's board to oust the embattled Mulienburg.
She said that the ouster ought to have come earlier.
"I feel as though a lot more people should have resigned including the person who's becoming CEO," she told the BBC in an exclusive interview.
The development comes as the plane-maker fights to contain the public confidence crisis it is grappling with.
Investigations established that the Ethiopian Airlines crash, which occurred within five months of another crash of a plane the same model, was caused by design flaws.