Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed five individuals, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The injured were between their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the latest incident of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while instances of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a aircraft experiencing disturbed air generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are expected to boost the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.