Several Affected as Turbulence Strikes Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt after a Delta flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Emergency medical services reported they evaluated five patients, and took three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and migraines. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that climate change is a significant contributor.

The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, stating that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, 25 people sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and crashed back down.

In-flight turbulence is fairly routine while flying, and while cases of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing rough air masses apply more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As climate change modifies weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.