A Number of Injured as Rough Air Strikes Delta Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured following a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Local paramedics reported they treated five individuals, and transported three to hospital with relatively minor issues that comprised back pain and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson noted, adding that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is growing more common - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses exert more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.