A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Impacts Delta Plane into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service said they evaluated a total of five people, and transported three to hospital with relatively minor issues that included pain in the back and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the latest incident of planes experiencing severe turbulence, with experts saying that shifting climate patterns is a key driver.

On board were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative added, adding that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane arrived, and ambulances were ready and waiting at the airport.

The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and more severe.

Last year, 25 people sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Research indicates that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that are conducted worldwide.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft going through disturbed air exert greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are likely to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.