Several Injured as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered rough air this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the newest example of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a significant contributor.

There were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the representative added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is growing more frequent - and more severe.

During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" turbulence just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the up and down movements of a jet going through rough air masses exert more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change alters weather patterns, specialists caution that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to heighten the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.