Several Hurt as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney was hit by turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a company official informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics stated they treated a total of five people, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the most recent case of commercial jets being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with experts pointing out that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "considerable" turbulence just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted worldwide.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through disturbed air apply more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are projected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.