Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries following a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they treated five patients, and transferred three to the hospital with relatively minor issues that included back pain and head pain. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that climate change is a major factor.

There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative said, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a terrifying five seconds 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 on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through unstable air apply in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.