A Number of Hurt as Turbulence Impacts Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines jet from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered significant turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they treated five patients, and transported a trio to hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and head pain. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a terrifying brief five-second period of extreme instability. A traveler lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a total of more than 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through disturbed air apply more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As climate change alters atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.