A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Hits A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants were injured.

Local paramedics said they treated a total of five people, and transferred three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. The injured spanned from their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a significant contributor.

There were 245 people and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the official noted, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question.

Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is growing more common - and more severe.

Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "considerable" rough air just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight went through a harrowing short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is a common occurrence during flights, and while cases of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Severe turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through rough air masses apply more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As global warming shifts atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that air travel could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.