Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured after a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics reported they treated five patients, and transferred three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of aircraft encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official added, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "considerable" turbulence just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while occurrences of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to increase the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.