Plane sailing

Thanks to "RainMan" (the movie) most of the world is aware that Qantas has an excellent safety record - notwithstanding that on a March 2006 flight from Singapore to Frankfurt, flew and successfully landed with a 3m hole in its fuselage. The hole was apparently the result of an exploding tyre on takeoff. The crew and passengers were unaware of the damage until the hole was noticed by ground staff and waiting passengers after it landed. No mention as made of anything that might have fallen out of the plane in transit (lost luggage anyone?) or where exactly on the plane the hole was (which is quite odd because it could also be about where the hole was not).
So if this happen with the "safest" airline, what can we expect from an airline in Mexico which doesn't have ticketing arrangements with Qantas and which we haven't previously heard about ... although this latter may not bea bad thing. You would think that if it had a dismal safety record, word would have reached us by now. Although it could be that news of incidents - similar the Qantas fuselage hole (a near miss?) - was not released.