[don-o]

Why even have the presser if there is nothing they will give?

[El Gato]

Why even have the presser if there is nothing they will give?

Confirming the aircraft was on the wrong runway is a big "give". So is the information about the ground scars and the perimeter fence being hit. She also said there was confirmation that only 22 was mentioned in the radio exchanges.

Sounds like, as PukinDog said, "the pilot goofed". Of course the guy in the tower goofed too, since he/she should have noted the pilot was on the wrong runway.

[USNBandit]

The NTSB holds these press conferences to publicly identify the investigation team and inform the public of the course the investigation will have to take. Any information they release at this initial press conference has to be screened very carefully so that it does not tain the rest of the investigation.

Remember that they are the government agency responsible for finding facts, not annonymous witnesses stating opinions. They cannot state things that they have not concluded through their own methods.