Multiple Affected as Turbulence Hits Delta Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Local paramedics stated they assessed a total of five people, and transported a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included pain in the back and migraines. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the official added, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. One passenger died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that currently occur around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing unstable air apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As climate change shifts the conditions in the sky, experts warn that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.