Five passengers and three cabin crew received minor injuries when a China Eastern Airlines flight hit severe turbulence during landing at Sydney Airport on Tuesday afternoon, the Shanghai-based carrier said in a statement.

The plane involved was an Airbus A330 performing flight MU777, which had flown from Kunming in Southwest China.

Sydney Airport confirmed emergency services were on site to treat the "small number of injured passengers" after turbulence.

⚠ Emergency services are on site to treat a small number of injured passengers after a flight encountered turbulence upon landing.

- Sydney Airport ✈️ (@SydneyAirport) November 29, 2016

All of the injured were adults between 30- and 60-years-old and an ambulance spokesman said they suffered bruising and abrasions. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

A spokesman for NSW Ambulance said three patients were treated for neck pain, one for back pain, one for a laceration to their jaw, another for a wrist injury, and one for a minor head injury.

Several other international flights landed around the time ambulance crews were called, including an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland and an Air China flight from Beijing.

China Eastern operated the Kunming-Sydney service for the first time last Thursday.

A very warm welcome to China Eastern flight MU777 which just arrived on its inaugural service from Kunming to Sydney! 🇨🇳✈️🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/6kJYEq347o

- Sydney Airport ✈️ (@SydneyAirport) November 24, 2016