Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines flight originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to hospital with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the latest incident of planes encountering turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the representative noted, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and often stronger.

Last year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and had to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a frightening five seconds bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur globally.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through unstable air apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.