Several Injured as Turbulence Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta Airlines jet originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated a total of five people, and transported three to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of aircraft being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with experts indicating that climate change is a key driver.

There were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Paramedics said they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more common - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" turbulence just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight went through a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while instances of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a total of more than 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the vertical motions of a jet experiencing disturbed air generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.