Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Plane into Sydney

Several people sustained injuries when a Delta jet from LA to Sydney experienced turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics reported they treated five individuals, and transported three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of aircraft encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a key driver.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness 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, hit "significant" rough air just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds bout of severe turbulence. A traveler died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet 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 were not fastened by a restraint.

As global warming shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.