Multiple Affected as Rough Air Strikes Delta Plane into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries following a Delta aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered rough air Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they assessed a total of five people, and took three of them to hospital with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

It is the most recent case of planes being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists indicating that climate change is a significant contributor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" turbulence just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence while flying, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet passing through rough air masses exert greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As climate change alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.