Multiple Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Aircraft into Sydney

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines aircraft from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took three of them to hospital with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and head pain. The injured spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the newest example of planes being hit by turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative said, stating that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they received a call just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

Last year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight endured a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through rough air masses generate in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.