Multiple Affected as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services said they treated five patients, and transported three to hospital with minor injuries that such as pain in the back and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a major factor.

On board were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics reported they received a call just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet going through unstable air apply more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that air travel could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.