Several Affected as Turbulence Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

A number of individuals sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia experienced turbulence on Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

Local paramedics said they assessed a total of five people, and transported three to hospital with minor injuries that included pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their 30s to 70s.

It is the most recent case of planes being hit by severe turbulence, with experts saying that global warming is a major factor.

The aircraft was carrying 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, stating that the plane touched down "safely and normally" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.

The NSW Ambulance Service said they got a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane landed, and response teams were standing by on the runway.

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

During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. A traveler lost their life and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and fell back down.

Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare.

Data suggests that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million aircraft departures that currently occur around the world.

Intense turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet passing through rough air masses apply more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt.

As a changing climate alters the conditions in the sky, experts warn that flying could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of significant turbulence.