How many catastrophic bird strikes have occurred in Reunion the last 100 years? Did any of them, if at all, occur at night? A quick google search does not reveal much. All pilots experience bird strikes multiple times per year. Most of these birdstrikes only damage the bird in question and annoy the engineer who has to mop up the blood and gore. Of course there is a chance that a birdstrike causes serious damage, but I can list 100 other things that are just as (un)likely to occur. Falling from the aircraft steps for example.