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

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed a total of five people, and transported three of them to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that comprised spinal discomfort and headaches. The patients' ages were between their 30s up to the 70s.

The event represents the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with researchers pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

There were 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "significant" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet going through disturbed air apply greater than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate modifies weather patterns, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.