Multiple Injured as Turbulence Hits Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed a total of five people, and took a trio to the hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. Those affected spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the newest example of commercial jets encountering atmospheric disturbance, with experts indicating that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Emergency responders said they were alerted just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the up and down movements of a plane experiencing unstable air exert more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As climate change alters the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are expected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.