Several Affected as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured after a Delta flight from LA to Sydney experienced rough air this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed a total of five people, and took three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that comprised back pain and migraines. The injured were between their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with experts indicating that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the representative said, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics said they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

Why plane turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an emergency landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through rough air masses generate in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are expected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.