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

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries when a Delta flight originating in Los Angeles to Sydney experienced rough air Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a company official informed. Several cabin crew members were injured.

Emergency medical services said they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to hospital with relatively minor issues that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of planes experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with experts pointing out that global warming is a key driver.

There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official noted, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service reported they received a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is growing more frequent - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a frightening brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that currently occur globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane going through disturbed air apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As climate change alters atmospheric conditions, experts warn that commercial aviation could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are likely to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.