A Number of Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Plane Landing at Sydney

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

The flight, numbered 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier stated. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they evaluated five individuals, and transported a trio to hospital with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and migraines. The patients' ages spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of planes encountering atmospheric disturbance, with experts saying that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, stating that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Emergency responders said they were alerted just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is becoming more frequent - and often stronger.

Last year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight went through a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that now take off around the world.

Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane experiencing rough air masses generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As a changing climate alters weather patterns, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to boost the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.