Surely the industry shares some of the blame by the terms that it uses. In this case was it necessary to say "emergency landing" when it really wasn't?
An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment.
Precautionary could be used, as in "it is necessary to land at a higher speed than normal and we will be taking precautions to ensure your safety by: ..."
The media won't sell many newspapers with headlines like "airline follows precautions when landing, nobody hurt. As a passenger I'd be happier if the flight deck never used the expression "emergency".
Also, if time permits, a brief reminder of the safety demonstration would be helpful. IIRC Canadian airlines give a repeat of the safety demonstration before landing if it's been more than XX hours since take off.