Due to pressurisation concerns, a United Airlines flight, US 1186, was forced to make an emergency landing at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on July 24. The event generated an Alert 2 alert, and the Boeing 747, carrying 112 people, was forced to return to the gate shortly after departure.

After facing a destructive hail storm and strong turbulence shortly after takeoff, a Delta aircraft from Milan to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome.