Speculation is popular, but unprofessional. We are in a business in which we don't guess. We know. Never the less, there are those who feel it their duty to guess on behalf of the rest.
There is an investigative process. It will play out. Guessing on the outcome is like a child playing twenty questions, who can't wait to reason or deduce...but throws up guesses to see what sticks. Is it that tree? Is it the sky? Is it that car? We don't guess at takeoff distance, fuel loads, weather, runway distance, or any number of metrics. We prepare and we arrive knowing, not guessing.
I don't know that a reporter can guess any better than a pilot who is trained and knowledgeable of the functions and operations of a flight, but if the pilot speaks in ignorance, the reporter won't do any better. We can certainly wait to read the report, and then we can discuss it, far better informed.