Multiple Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney

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

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services stated they treated five individuals, and took a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included pain in the back and migraines. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more common - and more severe.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft experiencing disturbed air generate more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate alters weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.