Several Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took a trio to hospital with minor injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. The injured ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of planes experiencing severe turbulence, with researchers indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the Delta spokesperson noted, adding that the plane landed "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes before the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why plane turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted around the world.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing unstable air exert in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are expected to increase the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.