Multiple Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes Delta Plane into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three to the hospital with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

The event represents the latest incident of aircraft experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with experts indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.

There were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official said, adding that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes before the plane landed, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and dozens were injured, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is not uncommon while flying, and while instances of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through unstable air exert greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.