Multiple Affected as Rough Air Hits Delta Plane into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta aircraft originating in LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they treated a total of five people, and took a trio to the hospital with minor injuries that comprised back pain and migraines. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that global warming is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, clarifying that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" turbulence just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through rough air masses exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As global warming shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.