These investigations take months to years - often we won't really know what actually happened for a year or two - long after the media interest has died down.

These investigations take months to years - often we won't really know what actually happened for a year or two - long after the media interest has died down. That's the main problem with reporting on airline accidents - the media will jump on any early theory that comes out to try and be the first on the story, and loses interest by the time the actual investigation finishes...