Multiple Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney encountered rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a company official told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they evaluated five patients, and took a trio to hospital with relatively minor issues that such as pain in the back and head pain. The injured spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the newest example of planes encountering atmospheric disturbance, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics said they received a call just three minutes before the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a terrifying five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a plane going through unstable air apply more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate modifies weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: warming trends and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are expected to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.