March 20 (UPI) -- At least five people were injured Friday after a Delta Air Lines flight hit severe turbulence on its final approach to Sydney, Australia.

Delta told the BBC that Flight 41 from Los Angeles with 160 passengers and crew on board "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport, injuring four flight attendants.

The Airbus A350 touched down "safely and normally," said a Delta spokesperson.

Three of the injured were taken to hospital by ambulance crews waiting on the tarmac after sustaining what paramedics determined were "musculoskeletal and lower back concerns."

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