Multiple Affected as In-Flight Disturbance Strikes A Delta Airlines Flight Landing at Sydney, Australia

Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence this past Friday.

Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Four flight attendants sustained injuries.

Emergency medical services said they assessed five individuals, and transferred a trio to hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and head pain. The injured spanned from their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the newest example of commercial jets experiencing severe turbulence, with experts indicating that global warming is a key driver.

There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official noted, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on the day in question.

Paramedics said they got a call just a mere three minutes before the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway.

Why plane turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger.

During the past year, 25 people were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an unscheduled landing.

Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a harrowing brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and many were hurt, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Bumpy air is fairly routine while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Data suggests that there are approximately thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off worldwide.

Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the up and down movements of a plane passing through rough air masses exert more than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a restraint.

As a changing climate shifts atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become less smooth: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are expected to heighten the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.