Pretty obvious from day one that Airbus tails are junk and maybe even other parts yet to fall off...
One time I sat down and ran the numbers for the force on the vertical stabilizer versus yaw angle for the A-300. The numbers are astronomically high. It seems to me that the tail is adequately designed and built, it is the rudder, or more specifically, the rudder controls, that seem to be the culprit here.
But I think I understand your basic point. When one trusts science more than baseless fear, it becomes abundantly clear that "shoe bombers" didn't have diddly squat to do with this crash.
--Boot Hill