Several Injured as Rough Air Strikes Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines aircraft originating in LA to Sydney encountered turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics reported they assessed five individuals, and transported three of them to the hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by turbulence, with researchers pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative noted, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while instances of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing unstable air apply in excess of a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As global warming shifts the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.