There is never a driving excuse of "they did not get out of my way, so I hit them", 'same thing for pilots!
I think it was in one of Kerns books the following is told. Pilot of a US jet fighter was trying to navigate his way through thunderstorms, ran into trouble and was forced to eject. The canopy fell to earth and hit a road construction worker, killing him in the process. The pilot was found liable in court, the outcome of trying to get through the thunderstorms was a predictable outcome.