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The preliminary report into a fatal Air India plane crash is in ... and it says fuel to the jet engines was shut off shortly after takeoff.

Flight AI171 was flying from Ahmedabad, India, to London when it crashed moments after getting off the ground ... killing at least 270 people in an incident that was captured on camera.

In a Friday news dump, the report states the plane's fuel switches for both jet engines went from the "RUN" position to the "CUTOFF" position within a matter of seconds ... one after the other ... cutting off the fuel supply to both engines.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's son might be Rocky, but they're not letting him sink in this pool ... keeping him floating as a fam on a picturesque vacation.

The happy couple took their infant to Portofino -- the popular vacation destination in Italy ... hanging out with him and KK's daughter, Penelope, earlier this week.

Mamma Kardashian and Papa Barker are two proud parents in these pics ... holding their son -- clad in his blue shorts and yellow-orange bucket hat -- up above the water and dipping him in.

Orlando Bloom is meeting some of the locals over in Italy ... but we're talking about life under the sea ... 'cause he went snorkeling with his son, and a very cheeky mystery woman.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star enjoyed a snorkel session Sunday ... with his son Flynn and a stunning woman in a skimpy bikini. No whales in Italian waters, but plenty of whale tails on this occasion.

Orlando's snorkeling outing appears to be part of his co-parenting yacht adventure with his ex Katy Perry ... on the same day, they were spotted on a mega yacht with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos in Capri.

No lag on your Bianca Censori fix -- we've got the latest snaps of her strutting through LAX with Ye, jet-set and sexy for takeoff.

Now, you’d be more shocked not to see Bianca mostly-naked -- but she and Ye gave the VIP perks a pass and queued up like us peasants at TSA… good thing she kept it modest-ish for once.

Still, Bianca wasn’t about to fully ditch her signature look -- she may’ve covered up on top, but those legs were out and about in the teeniest, tiniest shorts imaginable.

Tom Brady, Sofia Vergara, J Balvin, and Dakota Johnson aren't the ones footing the bill for all the recent summer yacht parties ... the honor actually goes to a billionaire businessman, TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the lavish yacht that's been bopping around the Mediterranean all season isn't rented or owned by the famous faces onboard.

Our sources say it's Israeli-Canadian businessman billionaire Mark Scheinberg's personal floating palace -- and he’s the one treating his famous friends to sun, surf, champagne ... and some sexy fun.

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Prime Day 2025 is in full swing ... and Amazon has some awesome deals on headphones and earbuds that will be music to your ears.

With killer discounts on brands including Beats, Sonos, Bose, Sony and JBL, now is the time to splurge on an upgrade ... and tune out the noise.

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A small aircraft crashed nose-first in the French Alps ... killing three people -- and it's all on video.

Surveillance footage shows the moment the small plane comes nosediving into the ground Tuesday in broad daylight ... and it's tough to watch.

The fatal crash reportedly happened just before 11 AM local time near Chambéry Airport in Voglans ... a small town in the Savoie region of the French Alps.

An airplane passenger used every bit of her law training to defend herself when several others started chirping at her onboard ... all 'cause she apparently charged toward the exit.

The video's making the rounds on social media ... capturing a woman standing in the plane aisle on the way out -- getting some groans and a few smart remarks from people still sitting in their seats.

The angry passenger tells everyone they're "all whining for no reason" ... adding everyone can get up when they want to -- before a man says she's clearly a "Karen."

A New Jersey man was met with a swift dose of karma to the face on his recent Florida-bound Frontier Airlines flight after allegedly attacking another passenger ... for absolutely no reason.

Part of the wild altercation was caught on video ... and it shows 21-year-old Ishaan Sharma in a physical struggle with the passenger behind him as onlookers urge the men to cut it out. Once the travelers cool off ... Sharma packs up his belongings like nothing even happened!

But the shiner on his face tells another story -- just check out the booking photo TMZ obtained from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office ... Sharma's left eye is swollen and bruised, and there are several lacerations on his neck and next to his eye.

Only in Australia ... a domestic flight grounded for two hours after a snake decided to hiss its way into the cargo hold, and no Samuel L. Jackson on board to save the day!!!

Passengers were boarding Virgin Australia flight VA337 Tuesday in Melbourne, when ... the sssurprise serpent was spotted in the cargo hold. No one knew if it was chill or deadly, so they called in the big guns: snake catcher Mark Pelley.

There’s video of Mark diving into the cargo hold to do the heroic deed -- and only after he bagged the wriggler did he realize the 2-foot green tree snake was harmless ... well, not poisonous.

The friendly skies have been downright terrifying lately -- and the latest scare saw passengers on a Japan Airlines flight writing goodbye notes as a sudden mechanical issue sent the plane into a steep, panic-inducing descent.

Catch this nerve-wracking clip -- a Japan Airlines flight from Shanghai to Tokyo had passengers grabbing deployed oxygen masks as the Boeing 737 took a terrifying dive, plummeting from around 36,000 feet to just under 10,500 in less than 10 minutes, per People.

There were 191 passengers and crew onboard -- and one rattled flyer said even the flight attendant was in tears as she screamed for everyone to put on their oxygen masks, shouting that the plane had a malfunction.

A dad did what any panicked parent would -- he dove straight into the Atlantic after his young daughter fell off a Disney cruise ship -- and the wild rescue played out in real time via passengers' phones.

It all went down around 11 AM Sunday -- when a little girl, about 5 years old, fell overboard from the 4th deck of the $900M Disney Dream as it cruised back to Fort Lauderdale from the Bahamas … and without missing a beat, her dad jumped in right after her.

The two were left treading rough waters for a nerve-shredding 20 minutes, while shocked passengers could only watch from the rails as they drifted further out, becoming just two tiny dots in the distance.

Lauren Sanchez Bezos tied the knot with billionaire Jeff Bezos Friday in Venice, Italy amid a grand gallery of celebrity guests and an ongoing party in the city ... and she's revealing a hint about her "something blue" wedding keepsake for the big day -- fittingly, it has to do with her now-official hubby's space company Blue Origin ... though she's choosing to be demure about it.

Lauren shares in an interview with Vogue -- during a fitting for her wedding dress -- she and Jeff were keeping to a few traditional aspects for their grand nuptials ... one being a secret souvenir she brough along during her 11-minute, female-filled Blue Origin trip to space.

You may know the old phrase instructing brides what to wear for good luck in their marriage ... "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." The "something blue" a bride-to-be is supposed to wear in the ceremony should be an item that reflects the color of purity, love, and fidelity ... and it's meant to ward away evil.

Only the star-studded wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos could make Paris Fashion Week look like an also-ran of who's who.

Over on the Boot ... the billionaire and now-bride were living it up with 200 of the richest and powerful people on the globe ... while over in City of Light, stars who did not land a wedding invite were strutting their stuff.

Paris Fashion Week participants included the likes of Rihanna, Sabrina Carpenter, Tori Brixx, Rich The Kid, Duarte and Delphin Musquet -- certainly no slouches in the world of fame!

Rick Ross decided Hip Hop was in need of more opulent sound -- so he linked with Pharrell Williams and shot a music video in the streets of Paris!!!

On Friday, Rozay ignited his new record deal with the release of his "For The Money," the lead single for his upcoming 12th album.

Rick Ross tells TMZ Hip Hop, “This record represents elevation — not just in sound, but in mindset."

Brad Pitt's got some problems at home ... because while he was out of the country promoting his new movie, cops say his L.A. pad was hit by burglars.

The Los Angeles Police Department tells TMZ ... officers responded to the actor's home for a reported break-in Wednesday night and cops believe 3 suspects entered the home -- though it's unclear what, if anything, was taken.

Our sources tell us Brad was NOT home at the time of the alleged break-in ... he was overseas in Japan. Brad's been on a press tour for "F1."