Several Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by rough air on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed five patients, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The injured spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

There were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the official added, clarifying that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" turbulence just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million journeys that now take off around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a plane passing through disturbed air generate more than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change shifts weather patterns, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to heighten the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.