Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney

Several people have been injured after a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics said they evaluated a total of five people, and transported a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and migraines. The injured ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with researchers saying that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

On board were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the representative added, stating that the plane touched down "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing rough air masses apply in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.