A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney experienced rough air on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official stated. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed a total of five people, and transported three of them to the hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and headaches. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s.

It is the most recent case of planes encountering severe turbulence, with researchers pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Emergency responders said they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is growing more frequent - and often stronger.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced 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 many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while cases of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a total of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane passing through disturbed air exert greater than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.