Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta jet from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they assessed a total of five people, and transported three of them to the hospital with minor injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

It is the newest example of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that global warming is a key driver.

On board were 245 people and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the representative said, clarifying that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Emergency responders said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

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

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million journeys that are conducted worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through disturbed air generate more than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As global warming shifts weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.