Very sad accident indeed..
For info; the Avro RJ is not steam driven. Although there is no ECAM/EICAM blah blah, it is full EFIS PFD and ND, and Cat IIIb autoland capable. The ND gives a fantastic positional display in map mode, either with the GNS-X or the GNLU nav systems that the RJ comes with.
Also I've found it to be very capable in all wx, including heavy icing. Even with a higher N2 with ice protection on, the airbrake with landing configuration gives immense drag so steep approaches are no problem...
As other pilots familiar with Zurich know, the rwy 28 approach needs lot's of attention to fly it right.
Whatever the reason for the accident I hope it is found soon, and maybe we can learn something that will save an aircraft from future disaster.