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

A number of individuals were hurt when a Delta jet originating in LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a company official told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services stated they assessed a total of five people, and transported three of them to the hospital with relatively minor issues that included spinal discomfort and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers pointing out that global warming is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the representative noted, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that now take off worldwide.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft going through disturbed air apply more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.