Several Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines jet originating in LA to Sydney experienced rough air this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five patients, and took three to the hospital with minor injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the latest incident of aircraft encountering severe turbulence, with researchers pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative noted, stating that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders said they got a call just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million flights that are conducted globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through rough air masses exert more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that air travel could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.