A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Impacts Delta Plane into Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight originating in Los Angeles to Sydney encountered turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Emergency medical services said they assessed a total of five people, and took three of them to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that comprised back pain and head pain. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of planes being hit by turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a key driver.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, stating that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they got a call just three minutes before the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is becoming more common - and often stronger.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight endured a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a plane going through disturbed air generate more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: warming trends and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.