Multiple Hurt as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured after a Delta Airlines jet from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a company official told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics reported they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three to a medical facility with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and migraines. The injured were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the most recent case of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a major factor.

There were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official added, clarifying that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

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

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and dozens were injured, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while cases of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that currently occur globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through disturbed air apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate alters atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.