Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney experienced rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they treated a total of five people, and transported three of them to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s to 70s.

It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by turbulence, with researchers indicating that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they were alerted just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

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

Last year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" turbulence just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a frightening five seconds bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a plane passing through unstable air exert greater than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As a changing climate modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are likely to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.