TC, Yellowbird,
Your pleas for restraint are admirable, but it would help even more if certain posters were less arrogant in presenting their guesses as facts when very few people, if any, know all the facts of this sad case. Recent examples on this thread include:
Birds don't fly at night becaues they can't see becuase their eyes are small
120 people in a noisy pub can provide useful information as to what state the engines were in just before impact.
Given how few facts are known, it's inevitable that some people will react impatiently when others come on here spouting $hite as if it's gospel. And no, I'm not saying it was or wasn't a birdstrike, I really don't know.