Two A330 incidents due to in-flight malfunctions were survived by all on board . On 24 August 2001 , Air Transat Flight 236 , an A330-200 , developed a fuel leak over the Atlantic Ocean due to an incorrectly installed hydraulic part and was forced to glide for over 15 minutes to an emergency landing in the Azores . On 7 October 2008 , Qantas Flight 72 , an A330-300 , suffered a rapid loss of altitude in two sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres while from the RAAF Learmonth air base in northwestern Australia . After declaring an emergency , the crew landed the aircraft safely at Learmonth . It was later determined that the incident , which caused 106 injuries , 14 of them serious , was the result of a design flaw of the plane 's Air Data Inertial Reference Unit and a limitation of the aircraft 's flight computer software
Air Transat Flight 236
Air Transat Flight 236
Airbus A330