The safety of the A330 (and that of other Airbus models) have been discussed before. Just have a look at, e.g.
Originally Posted by
Scrooge McDuck
The A330 has an outstanding safety track record. As of March 2009, 600 A330s have been built (
Wikipedia), as of now only 5 hulls have been lost (
Aviation Safety). 2 hulls have been lost due to terrorism, 1 due to wrong declaration of dangerous cargo and 1 due to pilot error.
I would fly the A330 any time and with (almost) any airline. There is hardly any airplane around with a higher safety record.
More of concern is the usage of the airline.
Looking at that safety record, I hardly can see that the A330 seems to be an unsafe by any means. Why should Airbus be worried with such a record?
As stated before, there is no model around without order for modifications. Boeing had, Airbus had it and both of them will have it again. Yet, it does not make an airplane unsafe.