Multiple Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured following a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Four flight attendants were injured.

Local paramedics stated they assessed five patients, and took three of them to the hospital with relatively minor issues that included back pain and migraines. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the newest example of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson said, stating that the plane landed "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight experienced a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the vertical motions of a jet experiencing rough air masses apply greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a seatbelt.

As climate change modifies the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.