Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics stated they assessed five individuals, and took three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and head pain. Those affected ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the most recent case of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a key driver.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane arrived "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Emergency responders said they were alerted just three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a terrifying brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that now take off worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing rough air masses generate in excess of a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to heighten the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.