A Number of Injured as Turbulence Hits Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured after a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention.

Local paramedics stated they treated a total of five people, and transported a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of aircraft encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Emergency responders said they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a frightening short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft going through disturbed air exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate alters atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.