de facto, consider the time of day of the landing (oops, crash) and the landing direction.
Of note, some of the best posts in the thread since the OP went up:
suninmyeyes
ASRAAM
Rashid Bacon
pudljumpr
There are a number of other good points worth pondering. When a wreck happens and there is a possibility that pilot error was a contributing cause, it is usual for the investigating body to dig into what is behind that potential factor. The number of factors that feed an error in the cockpit is non trivial.
Photonic, I appreciate the points you make in terms of data availability and trying to quash rumors using the press as a tool. I get that.
The investigative process itself is supposed to be deliberate.