A Number of Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney

Several people were hurt after a Delta jet traveling from LA to Sydney experienced significant turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Local paramedics reported they treated a total of five people, and transported three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of aircraft experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers pointing out that climate change is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing rough air masses apply in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As a changing climate shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.