Multiple Injured as Rough Air Strikes Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries after a Delta jet from LA to Sydney encountered rough air on Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson stated. A number of the onboard staff sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services reported they assessed five individuals, and transported three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and migraines. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s to 70s.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.

On board were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane landed "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics said they were alerted just only 180 seconds before the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more frequent - and more severe.

Last year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight went through a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a sum of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet going through unstable air apply greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, experts warn that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.