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

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt following a Delta aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they assessed five individuals, and transported three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as pain in the back and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the Delta spokesperson noted, adding that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just only 180 seconds before the plane arrived, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet passing through unstable air exert greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As global warming alters the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become bumpier: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.