There is the natural curiosity to know what happened even when hard facts are not known, along with a concern that "If it happened to them maybe it would happen to me".
So I feel the talk about a recent accident is healthy. The other extreme would be to be fatalistic and say "Accidents happen, but not very often. I fly as safely as I know, so it won't happen to me unless my time is up".
Having said that it's easy to overstep the mark in the quest to need to know.
In regards to this particular accident the reports were ambiguous and there were hints of a runway incursion, which we were later assured was not the case. It might have been helpful if this has been made common knowledge earlier.