Several Injured as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Plane into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.

Emergency medical services stated they evaluated a total of five people, and transferred three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and migraines. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a significant contributor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, clarifying that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft experiencing disturbed air apply more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, experts warn that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.