Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Local paramedics stated they assessed five individuals, and transported a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included pain in the back and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists indicating that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft passing through unstable air apply in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As global warming modifies weather patterns, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are expected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.