A Number of Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Four flight attendants were injured.

Local paramedics stated they assessed five patients, and took a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and migraines. The injured ranged from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that climate change is a major factor.

On board were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official said, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and often stronger.

Last year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through disturbed air exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.