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Nearly 90 pct of RI Hajj pilgrims back home

Senin, 28 Desember 2009 | 01:26 WIB

Jeddah, NU Online
With the return of 13 flight groups ("kloters") comprising 5,125 Indonesian hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, Sunday, about 90 percent of the total of 192,000 regular pilgrims have backed home.

Antara learned here on Sunday (Dec 27) that seven flight groups comprising 2,420 pilgrims were flown from King Abdul Aziz Airport (KAA).<>

Meanwhile on the same day, six flight groups of 2,705 pilgrims were flown home from Amir Muhammad ibn Abdul Aziz (AMAA) airport in Medina.

The total number of Indonesians who have gone on hajj pilgrimage this year reached 192,000. They were flown from 11 embarkation airports in the country in 475 groups since October 23. (dar)


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