Multiple Affected as Turbulence Impacts Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals were hurt following a Delta Airlines aircraft from LA to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence Friday morning.

Flight DL41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention.

Emergency medical services reported they treated five individuals, and transferred three to hospital with minor injuries that such as spinal discomfort and headaches. Those affected spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

This marks the most recent case of commercial jets being hit by severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that climate change is a significant contributor.

There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official noted, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

Paramedics indicated they were alerted just three minutes before the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac.

Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and potentially more dangerous.

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, hit "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a certain international flight went through a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while instances of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that now take off globally.

Intense turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft experiencing rough air masses exert 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 a changing climate modifies weather patterns, experts warn that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are likely to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.