Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has approved an air operator’s certificate (AOC) for AirAsia’s revamped low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary AirAsia Japan.

African low-cost carrier fastjet has been granted a Zimbabwean air operator’s certificate (AOC) and will launch operations on Oct. 28.

The British Airways Boeing 777 GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported.

FAA has proposed a $1.9 million civil penalty against Chicago-based SkyPan International for allegedly conducting “65 unauthorized commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights over various locations in New York City and Chicago between March 21, 2012 and Dec. 15, 2014.

Air France is to open talks over its Boeing 787-9 commitments after announcing plans to scale back its long-haul fleet by 14 aircraft on Oct. 5.

232 firearms were discovered at US airports in September 2015, up 22.1% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for September 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).

Russia has spent more than RUB3 billion ($46 million) out of RUB4.23 billion planned for its regional routes subsidiary program in 2015, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.

An American Airlines Airbus A320 made an emergency landing in Syracuse “due to pilot illness” that resulted in the pilot’s death, the carrier said.