Multiple Affected as Rough Air Impacts Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence on Friday morning.

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

Emergency medical services stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three to the hospital with minor injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and migraines. The injured were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the most recent case of planes experiencing severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

On board were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe.

In the previous year, 25 people sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "significant" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a frightening brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through rough air masses apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As a changing climate modifies atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.