Several Injured as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta Airlines aircraft from LA 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 informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated five patients, and transferred three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the latest incident of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a key driver.

There were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics reported they received a call just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more common - and potentially more dangerous.

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening brief five-second period of extreme instability. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while cases of significant turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through unstable air generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.