Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced 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 sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they treated five individuals, and took three of them to the hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the latest incident of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.

On board were 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a plane passing through rough air masses apply in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change alters the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.