Several Hurt as Turbulence Strikes Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta Airlines aircraft originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated five patients, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that such as back pain and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the newest example of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, stating that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they were alerted just three minutes before the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and more severe.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a frightening short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of more than 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane going through rough air masses apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As global warming modifies weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.