Several Hurt as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta jet originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services said they treated five individuals, and took three of them to hospital with relatively minor issues that such as pain in the back and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the official added, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Emergency responders reported they got a call just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight endured a harrowing brief five-second period of extreme instability. One passenger died and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence during flights, and while instances of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through rough air masses apply greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As climate change shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.