A Number of Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Aircraft into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Four flight attendants were injured.

Emergency medical services said they treated five patients, and transferred three to hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official noted, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds bout of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of more than 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft going through unstable air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate alters atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.