A Number of Hurt as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney

Several people were hurt following a Delta jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants were injured.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed a total of five people, and transferred three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included spinal discomfort and headaches. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of planes encountering severe turbulence, with experts saying that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the representative added, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they got a call just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

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

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight went through a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while instances of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million journeys that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane experiencing unstable air generate more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.