There are some reports that it may have been shot down. It took off from Amsterdam and was bound for Kuala Lumpur. There were 295 people on board. “The Ukrainian interior ministry adviser, quoted by Interfax, says there are no survivors,” the Telegraph reports.

Note to self: Don’t travel on Malaysia Airlines.

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...