Multiple Affected as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines jet from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated a total of five people, and transported three of them to hospital with minor injuries that included spinal discomfort and head pain. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the latest incident of planes experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the representative said, stating that the plane landed "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Emergency responders reported they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "severe" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a harrowing five seconds bout of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a sum of over 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.