sharksandwich,
You need to do a little research using some of the very good web databases before you talk about disproportionately large number of incidents involving the A330. All modern Boeing and Airbus products enjoy very low accident rates in comparison to their earlier stablemates. Just look at how many B737s were going down in their first 13 years of operation and you'll see that there is no comparison between them and the A330.
AS far as I am aware, no airliners crashed before 1909.
What did they do right that we are now getting wrong?