Several Affected as Turbulence Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services reported they treated a total of five people, and transported a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and migraines. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a significant contributor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the official added, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and more severe.

In the previous year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing five seconds bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are around five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that now take off around the world.

Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through unstable air apply more than a significant G-force 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 shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.