Europe's flight safety agency announced it had scheduled the first flight tests for the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes revealed design issues with the jet.EASA is looking forward to return the plane to service as soon as possible, but only once the agency is convinced it is safe. The European Aviation Safety Agency said in a statement that it has been working with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which began its own recertification test flights in June, on scheduling its own tests.In a released statement by the Agency “While Boeing still has some final actions to close off, EASA judges the overall maturity of the re-design process is now sufficient to proceed to flight tests, these are a prerequisite for the European agency to approve the aircraft’s new design.” Airlines began using the Max in 2017. There were nearly 400 in service when the planes were grounded after a 2018 crash in Indonesia and quickly followed by another crash