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24 July, 2025: 50 killed after Soviet-era plane crashes in Russia and other world news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

Many questions for Air India, Boeing in Ahmedabad plane crash. A survivor, black box and safety

Experts have floated multiple theories behind the crash, including a rarest of rare double-engine failure, complete electrical failure, bird hits, and the soaring temperatures of Ahmedabad.

Dream home left unfinished after Kerala nurse, sole breadwinner with 2 kids, dies in Air India crash

Ranjitha G Nair, 39, from Pullad village was returning to London after a short visit home. She worked as a nurse in Qatar for several years before securing a job in UK 7 months ago.

Car accident last yr, plane crash now—how fate caught up with 24-yr-old student who was on Air India 171

One of the victims of the crash was London resident and hotel management student Kinal Patel, who was in India for treatment following car accident in which she had escaped with broken jaw.

Air India crash: Family supplying tiffin to medical college awaits news on missing kin, including 2-yr-old

55-year-old Sarla Ben & her granddaughter were at the hostel mess of BJ Medical College at the time of the crash, say family members, and have been missing ever since.

Sole survivors of plane crashes — Air France ‘Miracle Girl’ to woman who fell 10,000 metres

One passenger walked out alive from the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, videos show, though there’s no official confirmation. It wouldn’t be the first time someone beat all odds.

Delta plane flips upside down on landing at Toronto airport amid windy weather, 18 of 80 injured

Canadian authorities said they would investigate the cause of the crash, which was not yet known. All 18 injured passengers were taken to area hospitals, Delta said in a statement.

Investigators seek to salvage aircraft after deadly Washington crash

They are studying the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the passenger plane; a total of 67 people perished in the crash.

Azerbaijan president confirms plane shot down by Russia after Putin apologises for ‘tragic incident’

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 crashed last week, killing 38 people, after accidental shooting from the ground in Russia. A Russian probe is ongoing.

Russian air defences downed the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, sources say

The Embraer passenger jet had flown from Azerbaijan’s capital Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s southern Chechnya region, before veering off hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.