"Challenges"? "the troubled A-330"?
Please explain.
As in: Have no other aircraft have had problems crop up after 15 years in service?
The aircraft in question is neither "challenged" or "troubled".
It's a machine. Built by us, as in people, who invariably screw up, but being the intrepid sorts that we are, having survived for quite some time (that large brain, protein eating thing) usually overcome obstacles and move along.
I choose to look at each incident individually, because while it is easy to lump multiple incidents together, the variables usually indicate completely different circumstances leading to an event.
The old holes in the swiss cheese.
and they are NEVER the same.
I have no problem with he A-330. It's a great airplane.
You are, of course, allowed to believe differently, however, the record speaks for itself.
PB