Several Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta jet originating in LA to Sydney, Australia encountered rough air this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they assessed five patients, and transferred three to hospital with minor injuries that such as back pain and migraines. The patients' ages were between their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of aircraft experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers indicating that global warming is a key driver.

On board were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just only 180 seconds prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a frightening five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while occurrences of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through disturbed air generate in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.