Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney

Several people have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants were injured.

Local paramedics said they assessed a total of five people, and transported a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and head pain. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the official noted, adding that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is growing more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that are conducted globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing unstable air generate more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.