A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Hits Delta Aircraft Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they treated five individuals, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of aircraft encountering atmospheric disturbance, with experts saying that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the Delta spokesperson noted, clarifying that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

Last year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening short but intense of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through unstable air generate greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As global warming alters the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.