Several Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney encountered turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a company official told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of planes encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the representative said, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane arrived, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing five seconds bout of severe turbulence. One passenger died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a sum of over 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through disturbed air generate greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As global warming shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.