Not again.

First, a plane disappears in the oddest and most unsettling way imaginable, with developments and red herrings like something out of the movies. It's still missing, and no one's the wiser about the 'why' of it.

Now, this. Flight MH17 crashing in the Ukraine, presumably (though most likely) shot down by a ground-to-air missile.

I mean, come on! 'Wrong place, wrong time' aside, it's uncanny how Malaysia (specifically our national carrier) keeps hitting global headlines for all the wrong reasons.

[And in Visit Malaysia Year, too.]

And of all the military accidents to happen (yes, I believe it was an accident), it had to happen to a plane full of civilians and not a drone.

Rest in peace, MH17. Our prayers and thoughts are with you, and with your family and friends through this difficult time.

[I still can't wrap my head around this. A missile? Of all things, a freaking MISSILE?! And shot down while flying over a country formerly of the Soviet Union, and is currently having secession problems with Moscow! Cold War, anyone?]