Several Affected as Rough Air Impacts Delta Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta aircraft from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a company official told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they treated five individuals, and took a trio to hospital with relatively minor issues that included back pain and headaches. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a major factor.

On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes before the plane landed, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a certain international flight experienced a terrifying five seconds period of extreme instability. One passenger died and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of over 35 million journeys that are conducted globally.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is defined as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through rough air masses generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.

As global warming alters weather patterns, researchers alert that flying could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.