“Accident”?
No, the missile operators deliberately targeted the plane and fired in attack.
“Accident” would be somebody tripped and fell on the launch button.
Negligent in target identification (Rule 4: Know your target), yes.
Accident, no.
A US CG shot down an Iranian civil airliner in the past.
Same type of accident.
This was intentional with the thinking that Trump would fire back following the missile attacks earlier. Then they, along with the Democrats, could point at Trump and blame him.
Problem was Trump didn’t bite and now they know it has bit them in their asses