Several Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals sustained injuries when a Delta jet from LA to Sydney experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed five patients, and took a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that such as back pain and headaches. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of commercial jets being hit by turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official noted, stating that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a terrifying five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while instances of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses generate more than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As a changing climate alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.