Several Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured after a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed a total of five people, and took three of them to hospital with minor injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, adding that the plane arrived "safely" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are around five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that currently occur globally.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing rough air masses generate more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become less smooth: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.