Several Injured as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they evaluated five patients, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and headaches. Those affected spanned from their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the aircraft, the Delta spokesperson added, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just three minutes before the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and more severe.

Last year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual died and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine during flights, and while instances of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Research indicates that there are an estimated five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that currently occur worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet passing through unstable air generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As climate change alters atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.