Several Hurt as Turbulence Hits Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they evaluated five patients, and took three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and migraines. The injured were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more frequent - and often stronger.

Last year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that are conducted globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through unstable air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.