Several Injured as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries following a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they evaluated five individuals, and transported a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Paramedics indicated they received a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" turbulence just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a plane experiencing disturbed air apply greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.