Certification of Boeing 737 Max planes 'will not happen this year'

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The gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Sunday, January 7. Picture: National Transportation Safety Board/AP

Certification of the Boeing 737 Max 7 and Max 10 planes will not be completed this year, according to to a major aviation report from PwC. 

The report comes as concerns have been raised after the blowout of a panel on a Boeing Max 9 plane earlier this month operated by Alaska Airlines.