OK - just go with me on this one then...
- that was hit by a shoulder launched missile with a v small warhead....
- It looked like it didn't directly hit (someone will no dount tell us if the missile used had a proximity warhead)
- it was great flying and not a little luck that they got it down.
Perhaps we can design a nice rubber air to air missile that'll fly past the cockpit, exploding to reveal a big piece of canvas with *BANG!!!* written on it.
Come on - an unresponsive airliner and you are going to shoot at it to get attention? Just casually blow off one engine with a missile, (a missile specificaly designed to shoot aircraft down rather than give them a gentle nudge) allowing it to safely land? Not perhaps simply flying in view of the cockpit - that wouldn't work?