Short of 9/11, where you know the plane is basically a Kamakaze, annd it is solely to save numerous lives on the ground, it’s *never* justified to shoot down a civilian plane.
Saburo Sakai refused orders and risked brutal IJN discipline by refusing to shoot down a dutch DC-3 airliner early in WWII. He pulled alongside first and saw a woman lookig out the window who reminded him of his schoolteacher when he was young. He wave and the pilots and left the area.
Shooting down an unarmed plane in peacetime for legal reasons is the hallmark of a despotic nation.
I am in agreement with you and was merely pointing out procedures in the air and the fact that I suspect these procedures were not followed.
Exactly and the next thing you know, they'll legalize the killing of their unborn children.