Several Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney

Several people have been injured after a Delta Airlines flight originating in LA to Sydney was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three of them to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included pain in the back and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the representative said, adding that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Paramedics said they were alerted just a mere three minutes before the plane landed, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through rough air masses apply in excess of a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As climate change shifts weather patterns, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.