Several Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia

Several people were hurt after a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney, Australia encountered turbulence Friday morning.

Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. A number of the onboard staff were injured.

The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they evaluated a total of five people, and took three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and head pain. Those affected were between their 30s up to the 70s.

It is the most recent case of planes being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with researchers indicating that global warming is a key driver.

The aircraft was carrying 245 people and 15 crew members on the aircraft, the official noted, stating that the plane landed "safely" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question.

The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac.

The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous.

During the past year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the lengthy trip, and was forced to make an precautionary landing.

Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet experienced a harrowing short but intense period of extreme instability. One passenger passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back.

Turbulence is fairly routine during flights, and while instances of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon.

Estimates show that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that are conducted around the world.

Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a aircraft passing through unstable air exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a restraint.

As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that commercial aviation could become more turbulent: temperature changes and altered air currents in the higher altitudes are projected to boost the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.