Multiple Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Hits A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated five individuals, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised spinal discomfort and migraines. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the most recent case of aircraft being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists indicating that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the official noted, adding that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

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

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while cases of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of over 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft passing through rough air masses generate more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As a changing climate modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.