A Number of Injured as Rough Air Impacts Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta aircraft from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official stated. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they evaluated five individuals, and transferred three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and head pain. The injured ranged from their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that climate change is a significant contributor.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they received a call just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is growing more frequent - and more severe.

Last year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a frightening five seconds bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a sum of more than 35 million journeys that currently occur around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet going through disturbed air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.