It is very naive to imagine that an issue of this gravity would not be discussed, or that the topic would not expand to embrace allied aspects, such as general considerations of risk.
And (IMHO) is it ridiculous to dismiss this tragedy on the basis that it hasn't happened for a long time, or that there are other risks in the world - it HAS happened and I cannot imagine that government or public will accept anything less that an assessment to see if the risk of it happening again cannot be sensibly reduced further. The other risks in this world are completely irrelevant - our world is generally safe because we bear down upon what are deemed to be unacceptable risks one at a time, not ignore them because we might have a car crash.
As for waiting for the facts. A complete video of the accident sequence is available as well as a plethora of images - many an accident enquiry has been conducted in its entirety without any such material to draw upon. Yes, there will be other details to consider, but the basic physics of why this ac came into contact with the ground can be deduced by those with adequate experience.
And no, it didn't 'fall out of the sky because it wasn't going fast enough to pull out of a loop' as I keep reading in the media.
Contributory and causal factors will take longer to establish, as will a detailed assessment of the risk to third parties. The AAIB report will typically take 6 months to a year. Should everyone keep silent until then, and NOT discuss an incident that is very likely to have profound consequences for air activities that we all have an interest in?!
Last edited by Captain Kirk; 24th Aug 2015 at 12:44.