Several Affected as Rough Air Impacts Delta Aircraft into Sydney

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta jet from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed five patients, and took a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that comprised back pain and migraines. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers saying that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson noted, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics said they were alerted just three minutes before the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a harrowing five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and fell back down.

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

Data suggests that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing disturbed air exert more than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate alters the conditions in the sky, experts warn that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.