Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Strikes Delta Aircraft into Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney encountered turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated a total of five people, and took three of them to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the latest incident of aircraft encountering atmospheric disturbance, with experts pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative said, stating that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Paramedics said they were alerted just a mere three minutes before the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur around the world.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a plane going through disturbed air generate more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As global warming alters the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are likely to increase the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.