Multiple Hurt as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta jet from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics said they evaluated a total of five people, and took three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and head pain. Those affected ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a significant contributor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Emergency responders reported they got a call just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a frightening short but intense period of extreme instability. An individual passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the up and down movements of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses generate in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become less smooth: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.