Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Hits Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries when a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered rough air Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics reported they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the most recent case of planes experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists indicating that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

There were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official added, stating that the plane landed "safely" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Emergency responders said they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that currently occur around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the vertical motions of a plane experiencing rough air masses apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As a changing climate modifies weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.