Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney

Several people were hurt following a Delta jet from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Local paramedics reported they evaluated five patients, and took three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and migraines. The injured ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

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

There were 245 people and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "significant" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening five seconds bout of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through disturbed air apply greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.