A Number of Injured as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

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

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics stated they treated five patients, and transported three to hospital with relatively minor issues that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected spanned from their thirties and seventies.

It is the most recent case of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a significant contributor.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders said they got a call just only 180 seconds before the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "significant" rough air just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a sum of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the up and down movements of a plane experiencing unstable air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As a changing climate alters weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.