If the last altitude reported in post #9 of 35,000 feet is accurate a Stinger (and likely any other man portable missile) wouldn't get close to it. Most sites I've seen say the max altitude is around 10,000 feet, and that's for a perfect engagement angle and speed.
Yep, and why do that when they could use a missile on take off, over a city with a near capacity aircraft, heavy, with full tanks of fuel. Plus they’d get all the collateral damage on ground impact.
My bet no missile no bomb....But who knows at this point.
This is the Russian 9M33 (SA-8 Gecko) surface-to-air missile, one that is normally launched from a specially-made tracked vehicle. Many were sold to client states in the Middle East during the Soviet era, and it's possible terrorists may have jury-rigged a system to launch this missile from a boat, complete with radar guidance system. The maximum height of this missile is 12,000 meters (around 39,000 feet), within the normal cruising altitude of the 777-200ER.