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

Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air this past Friday.

The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Emergency medical services said they treated five individuals, and took a trio to a medical facility with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. Those affected were between their thirties and seventies.

This marks the latest incident of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the representative noted, stating that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Emergency responders indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes before the plane arrived, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

Why plane turbulence is becoming increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

Last year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "significant" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, those on board on a certain international flight went through a terrifying five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and were slammed back.

In-flight turbulence is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million journeys that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the up and down movements of a jet experiencing unstable air exert greater than 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As global warming shifts weather patterns, specialists caution that flying could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to heighten the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.