Multiple Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt after a Delta jet traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Local paramedics reported they evaluated five patients, and took three to the hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers indicating that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane landed "safely" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they were alerted just three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a terrifying five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while instances of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that now take off around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through rough air masses generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As climate change shifts weather patterns, researchers alert that air travel could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.