A Number of Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured when a Delta aircraft originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services stated they treated five patients, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included back pain and migraines. Those affected ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of planes being hit by turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the official added, stating that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" turbulence just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a plane passing through disturbed air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, experts warn that flying could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.