A Number of Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines jet originating in LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics said they treated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and head pain. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with researchers pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is growing increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon while flying, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million flights that are conducted globally.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses exert more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.