Several Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt when a Delta jet from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services said they assessed a total of five people, and transported three to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the newest example of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists indicating that global warming is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson said, stating that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" rough air just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a overall number of more than 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the vertical motions of a jet passing through disturbed air apply in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change alters the conditions in the sky, experts warn that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.