A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta flight traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated five individuals, and transported three of them to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more common - and more severe.

Last year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual passed away 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 cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet experiencing unstable air exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.