A Number of Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Flight Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight originating in LA to Sydney experienced turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated five individuals, and transported three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of aircraft being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with researchers saying that global warming is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, stating that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they got a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

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

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a jet passing through rough air masses exert more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, experts warn that commercial aviation could become less smooth: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.