Several Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Aircraft Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people have been injured following a Delta flight originating in Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia encountered significant turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a company official told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Local paramedics stated they treated five patients, and took three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. The patients' ages spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a key driver.

On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the representative added, stating that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Emergency responders indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.

Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" rough air just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while instances of rough conditions are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are around five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide.

Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a plane going through unstable air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt.

As a changing climate alters the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.