With more and more social media you just hear about it more. These things always happen and will continue to happen. Most of them are just minor issues but airlines will err on the side of caution. Also seeing a lot more medical emergencies and even deaths on flights requiring a turn around or diversion.
Some more shoddy journalism, at least try to find a photo of one of the many 737âs or has it morphed into an A380 
I also suspect thatâs not in fact âmidairâ
Not to mention the large circular chasm in the front of the engine.
If theyâre square holes itâs not going to end well.
Fake news! That canât be qantas. With holes like that surely thatâs a Swiss Air flight!
Ha, army rescue chopper. The pilots must be bored
2 more Qantas flights turned back today.
I wonder who in the media got refused CL access or missed out on a free upgrade.
A couple of very minor incidents the likes of which happen almost daily in Australia and itâs apparently big news
There was also an A330 at MEL today that taxied out and then returned immediately
Note the difference in the journalism 
That one is actually pretty well written and explained for people not in the know and doesnât go into hysterics. The correct photo helps too
Without the emotive language and targeted imagesâŚ
Itâs only worth 110 likes and 13 re-tweets.
A GIF of a cat could reach more people in 5 minutes.
Probably because they are used to in the US
They had 4 engine shutdowns in a week recently and would get dozens of PanPans in a week so itâs nothing new to them and they just accept it
I very much disagree with this.
The article here is written in an aviation publication, so it not written for the same audience, but really it does not in any way explain anything for an audience ânot in the knowâ. It basically rehashes the order things happened, and then closes it out with basically an American Airlines press release. At no point does it âexplainâ any details of the âtrim issueâ, even though trim issues on a 737 Max might actually be something that people would care about. The author probably doesnât have the answers, but even a line about âdetails of the trim issue could not be obtainedâ would be more informative. Sure the article explains what the pilots did. It doesnât explain what the actual issue was. But then again, this publication seems pilot focused rather than airworthiness focused, so perhaps we need to wait for that âŚ
You are correct itâs not perfect but itâs a lot better than we get for these types of things. The reality is that a trim issue would go over the heads of most people and as you said the details wouldnât be released yet and might not be for some time. I know itâs written for a different crowd but I appreciate the lack of hysteria and click bait.
The Australian media could help themselves with some fear mongering especially around a Maxy. I can almost see the headlines now