Multiple Affected as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Aircraft into Sydney, Australia

Several people sustained injuries following a Delta Airlines jet originating in LA to Sydney was hit by rough air Friday morning.

The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier stated. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and transferred a trio to hospital with minor injuries that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The injured were between their 30s to 70s.

The event represents the most recent case of aircraft being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor.

On board were 245 people and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the representative noted, stating that the plane arrived "safely" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is becoming more common - and often stronger.

In the previous year, 25 people were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "considerable" rough air just 120 minutes into the lengthy trip, and diverted for an precautionary landing.

Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a harrowing five seconds period of extreme instability. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent.

Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence each year, out of a sum of more than 35 million flights that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a aircraft going through disturbed air apply greater than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become bumpier: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.