A Number of Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Flight Landing at Sydney

Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney experienced rough air this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services stated they treated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

The event represents the newest example of commercial jets being hit by turbulence, with researchers saying that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics reported they got a call just three minutes before the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "severe" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening short but intense of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence while flying, and while cases of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through rough air masses generate greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.