Multiple Affected as Turbulence Impacts Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered rough air on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Local paramedics reported they assessed five patients, and transported a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included spinal discomfort and migraines. Those affected ranged from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of planes experiencing severe turbulence, with researchers saying that global warming is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes before the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a frightening five seconds bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence 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 sum of more than 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane experiencing disturbed air exert more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As a changing climate alters the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to increase the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.