I can also image it wondering around the globe and mistaking a cruise ship for something and blowing it up. Much like shooting down a Korean Airlines Jet and MH17.
Or like the Ukraine shooting down Russian passenger jet flying from Israel [0]. Or like the US shooting down Iranian passenger jet and later giving medals to the crew that did it [1].
No evidence was found that a Ukrainian (or another) S200 missile hit the plane.
20 years passed - no evidence found. Moreover, now we know the name of Russian officer of air defense who ordered to shut the plane, we know that he did that because transponder was turned off on the plane, because the plane was on mission to gather intel about air defense in EU, but you still insist on replaying Russian propaganda?
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense paid $15 mln to the victims, but then lawsuits followed demanding more money and the Ukraine suddenly started to deny its guilt. Classic story.
Tu-154 was hit by S300 rocket filled with TNT, not by S200 rocket filled by hexogen. Ukraine had no S300. End of story.
Yeah, it's the classic example of Russian propaganda machine: Russia blamed somebody else for their own error, then no evidence found for that blame, but it is too late to change opinion of peoples.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia_Airlines_Flight_1812
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655#Post-tour_...