Several Affected as Rough Air Hits Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Local paramedics said they assessed five individuals, and took three to the hospital with minor injuries that such as back pain and head pain. Those affected spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of planes encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics said they got a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

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

Last year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a frightening five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted around the world.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through unstable air exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate alters weather patterns, experts warn that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.