A Number of Injured as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney experienced rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they treated five individuals, and transported a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the representative said, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they were alerted just three minutes before the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more common - and more severe.

In the previous year, 25 people sustained injuries when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "significant" turbulence just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a frightening short but intense period of extreme instability. A traveler passed away and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that flying could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.