Multiple Injured as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines aircraft originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Local paramedics reported they assessed a total of five people, and transported a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of aircraft encountering atmospheric disturbance, with experts saying that global warming is a key driver.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

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

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "severe" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the vertical motions of a jet going through rough air masses exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.