A Number of Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured after a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they assessed five patients, and transported a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of planes being hit by turbulence, with researchers saying that global warming is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the representative added, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders said they received a call just only 180 seconds before the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more common - and often stronger.

In the previous year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a frightening short but intense period of extreme instability. A traveler lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while occurrences of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing disturbed air generate more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are projected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.