A Number of Injured as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they treated a total of five people, and transferred three of them to the hospital with relatively minor issues that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. The injured ranged from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with researchers pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, adding that the plane touched down "safely" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

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

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. One passenger lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a sum of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted worldwide.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing rough air masses apply in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change alters weather patterns, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become less smooth: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.