Several Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Flight Landing at Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated five patients, and transferred a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of planes encountering turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a significant contributor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the official noted, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are an estimated five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a total of over 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur around the world.

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

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are expected to heighten the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.