Now western intel is saying the plane's engine overheated
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9276141.html
Might have been a botched pre-flight check if they were rushing to escape the place, who knows. OTOH there are the supposed pics of that Tor-M1 seeker head at the crash site so...
EDIT: Looks like it's really an itchy fingered SAM operator.
https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivil...nian_airliner/ =/