Old and cynical, apparently.
Aircraft makes emergency return, vs. opening a library, and you wonder which will capture the interest of the paying public?
News exists to sell advertising. What is newsworthy isn't reflected in significance, but in interest. Anything dealing with aviation always sells. The truth is that an emergency landing is of greater interest to the paying public, and therefore a greater value in selling advertising by drawing interest to newspapers, television news programs, and the general advertising media, than the grand opening of a library.