Pardon the thread creep but SHN is only 12 years old. That's not particularly old is it? 767's have been around since 1983 and there aren't many of those that have gone off to a new life as a roll of bacofoil.
Looking at the crack in BMI's A330 one wonders whether the funbus is a bit like a Renault or Citroen. A 1994 one of those by now would be 'entertaining' in the reliability stakes. Mind you, how reliable would a 1984 Yank mobile be...
