Several Injured as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney

A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta Airlines aircraft from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official told. Several cabin crew members were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed five patients, and transported three to hospital with minor injuries that such as back pain and migraines. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the most recent case of planes encountering turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a major factor.

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

Emergency responders reported they received a call just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

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

Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses generate in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to increase the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.