Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes Delta Flight into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney experienced rough air on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three to hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers saying that climate change is a key driver.

On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Emergency responders indicated they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "severe" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while cases of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of over 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft experiencing unstable air exert more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.