Multiple Injured as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta jet traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took three to a medical facility with minor injuries that included spinal discomfort and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane arrived "safely" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. One passenger died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that now take off around the world.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet going through disturbed air exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As a changing climate alters the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.