A Number of Affected as Rough Air Strikes Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta jet from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transported three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and head pain. The injured ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a key driver.

There were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they got a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. A traveler lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane going through unstable air apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.