Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Strikes A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt after a Delta Airlines aircraft originating in LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took a trio to the hospital with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with experts indicating that global warming is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the representative noted, clarifying that the plane touched down "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that currently occur globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing rough air masses exert greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that flying could become less smooth: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.