A Number of Injured as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney

Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transported three of them to a medical facility with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and headaches. Those affected ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft encountering severe turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a significant contributor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative said, stating that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics reported they received a call just three minutes before the plane arrived, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more common - and more severe.

In the previous year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries 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 diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a frightening short but intense period of extreme instability. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through unstable air exert in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As global warming shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.