Airbus crash

[Al Sayre]

Most of the time, they will issue an initial report within a day or two.  If the situation is very complex you may see an interim report every 6 months or so, and normally the final report comes out about a year after the incident (unless it's very complex).

[a2capt]

The NTSB will investigate everything related to this accident -

They will ultimately figure out every dent in that airplane, what order the birds went through the engines, etc. The weight and balance, before any luggage is returned, it's all weighed, dried, weighed again, plotted where it was in the aircraft, etc.

A year is pretty fast.

[Fifinella]

Results in.  Here's what brought down the flight  :