Several Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics reported they evaluated five individuals, and took three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included pain in the back and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative said, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they were alerted just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more common - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying short but intense period of extreme instability. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while occurrences of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million journeys that now take off worldwide.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the up and down movements of a aircraft going through rough air masses generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.