Multiple Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes Delta Aircraft Landing at Sydney

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney encountered turbulence on 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 stated they treated five patients, and took a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of planes being hit by turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official said, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics reported they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight went through a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

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

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a overall number of more than 35 million flights that now take off worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through unstable air exert more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As global warming alters weather patterns, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.