Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured when a Delta jet originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated five patients, and transported a trio to the hospital with relatively minor issues that comprised pain in the back and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

It is the newest example of aircraft encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official noted, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are an estimated five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of more than 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through disturbed air exert greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change shifts the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become less smooth: warming trends and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.