And just now (08:00 GMT), BBC are reporting a 767 lost a panel weighing 3Kgs while flying over Japan. Is it panel shedding season in Asia?
No, I think you will find it is the way journalists work.
A thing happens, and the journos look at the 'wires' (24 hour news feeds from companies such as Reuters).
Because the 'thing' is fresh in their minds, they suddenly notice other occurrences of the same thing*, and report those too.
After writing a few stories, they get bored with that subject and move on.
Which is why things often seem to happen in threes, or as an 'outbreak' of similar events.
*which are actually happening all the time.