Multiple Injured as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney

Several people were hurt after a Delta Airlines jet from LA to Sydney was hit by rough air this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed five patients, and transported three of them to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the newest example of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Emergency responders indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more frequent - and often stronger.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. One passenger lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million flights that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft passing through disturbed air generate in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.