Ask yourself this. Nearly 10 years safe operation with DC10 (yes the odd engine blow up, RTO etc. but who doesn't) and quite a few SAFA inspections in that time. Nothing to endorse any of the frankly vitriolic comments found on this site. So until the investigation is done, and we are availed of the cause of the crash, please could we in the name of good sense and with respect to the dead, keep to facts and not speculation. Rumour network it may be but trying to tie a possible over-rotation/power-loss to there being a Z Registration on the fuselage, even for me is pretty far fetched. The fact that an aircraft doesn't have to meet EASA rules to fly in and out of Euroland, is probably true of 3/4 of the worlds fleets. Nonetheless, everyone has to meet basic ICAO standards, which are more than fit for purpose. Even with the might of EASA regulating, inspecting, legislating and general 'red-taping', EU carriers are still killing people.
Rant over
