Multiple Injured as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured when a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed five patients, and transferred a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and head pain. Those affected ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the latest incident of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a major factor.

There were 245 people and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative noted, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and often stronger.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a harrowing five seconds bout of severe turbulence. An individual died and dozens were injured, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet experiencing rough air masses exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.