Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney

Several people have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Local paramedics reported they treated five individuals, and took three to hospital with minor injuries that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the most recent case of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson noted, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they received a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight experienced a frightening five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a total of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through rough air masses apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.