Multiple Affected as Turbulence Strikes Delta Plane into Sydney

Multiple passengers and crew were hurt following a Delta Airlines flight traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced rough air Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services said they evaluated a total of five people, and took three to the hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. The injured were between their thirties and seventies.

The event represents the most recent case of planes experiencing severe turbulence, with experts pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor.

There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the wide-body jet, the Delta spokesperson said, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday.

Paramedics said they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

The reasons turbulence is getting increasingly prevalent - and often stronger.

In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when another Delta jet, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "severe" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an unscheduled landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual lost their life and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts were thrown from their seats and crashed back down.

Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent.

Data suggests that there are approximately thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur globally.

Intense turbulence is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through rough air masses apply more than a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a safety belt.

As global warming alters atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the higher altitudes are expected to boost the regularity and severity of dangerous in-flight bumps.