Several Injured as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured after a Delta aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they evaluated five patients, and took three of them to the hospital with minor injuries that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of planes encountering turbulence, with researchers saying that climate change is a major factor.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, stating that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they were alerted just three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is growing more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight endured a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through unstable air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As global warming shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are likely to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.