The Hajj pilgrims for the second and third government-managed flights have reached Madinah from Makkah, the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Bangladesh has reported.
As of August 8, 14,405 pilgrims have reached KSA on 41 flights, out of a total of 101,758 pilgrims. Flights began on August 4, and are expected to end on September 5. One death has occurred, in Makkah.
The KSA Ministry of Haj and Umra reported in early August on the welcome delegation for one of the first batches of Hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh to arrive at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, as a part of the
official receptions for Haj pilgrims and visitors to Al-Masjid An-Nabawi
(the Prophet's Mosque).
The trip, from Bangladesh with 402 pilgrims on board the flight,
was received on behalf of HE the Minister of Haj and Umra
Dr Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Bentin, by the Director of the Branch of
Ministry of Haj and Umra in Jeddah, Abdullah bin Mohammed
Marghalani; the ministry's officials; the Director General of King
Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Engineer Abdullah bin Musa'ad
Al-Rimi; the head of the National Tawafa Establishment for South Asian
Pilgrims, Dr Ra'afat bin Ismael Badr; the Bangladeshi ambassador to the
KSA, Golam Moshi; and the airport governmental agencies heads.
Return flights are expected to run from 17 September to 17 October, 2016.