What forward progress do you think we've made?
Nothing against L-1011, way ahead of it's time but:
Incidents and accidents
As of August 2008, the L-1011 was involved in 56 incidents, including 11 hull-loss accidents (out of
250) with 534 fatalities.
As of June 2011, the Airbus A330/A340 had been involved in thirteen major incidents, including six confirmed hull loss accidents (out of
1140) and two hijackings, for a total of 338 fatalities.