Multiple Injured as Turbulence Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney

Several people sustained injuries when a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated five individuals, and took three of them to hospital with relatively minor issues that comprised back pain and migraines. Those affected spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the newest example of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official added, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" turbulence just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million flights that now take off around the world.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing unstable air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are projected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.