Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney was hit by turbulence this past Friday.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics stated they treated five individuals, and transported a trio to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and headaches. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the most recent case of planes being hit by turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a major factor.

There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more frequent - and often stronger.

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" rough air just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are approximately five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft going through unstable air generate in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.