Berlin, Dec 23 (TIWN) The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has said "certain" Boeing 737 MAX planes, which were globally grounded after two fatal crashes involving the model that took place within months, was now safe to fly, the media reported.

The plane was grounded in March 2019.  That was after it was involved in two catastrophic accidents, in which a total of 346 people died.  It has already been cleared to resume flights in the US and Brazil. EASA expects to give permission for it to return to service in Europe in mid-January.  The plane's first accident occurred in October 2018, when a Lion Air jet came down in the sea off Indonesia.