Not surprising therefore that this ahead-of-its-time masterpiece baffled more than one pilot. The early accidents are well documented.
But as the designers of this remarkable machine take their retirement, if they made it that far, let's at least say that their highly ambitious and innovative approach has been vindicated.
I dont think anyone has questioned the build quality of the Airbus, What was, and is questioned is the pilots voting member only status of the aircrafts design. I dont think that was a factor in this accident, unless of course the FP tried to climb rapidly to avoid birds and the Airbus decided that climb rate would be too much and overruled said pilot.
Again I have no idea what so ever what happened, I am merely stating that the build quality of the AB would not have been a factor. Obviously the build quality of this bird was good enough to stay together for this landing, and what more could anyone ask.