Several Hurt as Turbulence Strikes Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured after a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services stated they treated five patients, and transferred three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and headaches. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the newest example of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official added, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just only 180 seconds before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight experienced a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that now take off around the world.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert more than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As global warming modifies weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.