Multiple Affected as Rough Air Impacts Delta Aircraft into Sydney

Several people have been injured when a Delta flight traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by turbulence on Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services said they evaluated five individuals, and took three to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included spinal discomfort and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that climate change is a major factor.

There were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Emergency responders indicated they were alerted just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is becoming more common - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane experiencing rough air masses generate more than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are expected to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.