Multiple Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight Arriving in Sydney

Several people have been injured following a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services stated they treated five patients, and took three of them to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as pain in the back and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies.

It is the most recent case of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

There were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

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

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "severe" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off around the world.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing disturbed air generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.