Multiple Injured as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Local paramedics said they treated five patients, and transported a trio to hospital with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official noted, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

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

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine during flights, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

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

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through disturbed air generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to increase the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.