Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Impacts Delta Plane into Sydney, Australia

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

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they treated five patients, and took a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included spinal discomfort and headaches. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the most recent case of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official noted, stating that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they received a call just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft going through disturbed air generate greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.