A Number of Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by significant turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a company official informed. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they evaluated five individuals, and transferred three to hospital with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

There were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official noted, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just a mere three minutes before the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more frequent - and often stronger.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a plane experiencing rough air masses apply more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change alters weather patterns, experts warn that flying could become less smooth: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are expected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.