Multiple Injured as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured after a Delta Airlines jet from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they evaluated five patients, and took a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and migraines. The injured ranged from their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Emergency responders said they received a call just a mere three minutes before the plane arrived, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and more severe.

Last year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that now take off worldwide.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through unstable air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that flying could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are projected to heighten the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.