Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt following a Delta Airlines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a company official stated. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they assessed a total of five people, and took three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets being hit by turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane arrived "safely" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is becoming more common - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight endured a frightening five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the vertical motions of a plane experiencing disturbed air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As climate change alters the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.