Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Impacts Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta flight from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated a total of five people, and transported three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and headaches. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by turbulence, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

On board were 245 people and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, clarifying that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the vertical motions of a jet experiencing rough air masses exert greater 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 restraint.

As a changing climate alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.