KUALA LUMPUR :A total of 56 prospective haj pilgrims who were supposed to depart for the Saudi Arabia this morning, have had their flights rescheduled to tomorrow.
Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) said in a statement that Saudi Airlines flight SV5091, which was scheduled to depart from here at 6.30am today with a total of 353 passengers, had encountered technical issues.
"Following this, a replacement aircraft was flown to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to carry 297 pilgrims from that group and it departed at 10.36am heading to Madinah.
"Meanwhile, the affected pilgrims would now depart on a Saudi Airlines flight to Jeddah at 5.35pm tomorrow before continuing to Madinah," the statement said.
TH added that they would provide accommodation and meals to the 56 affected pilgrims at the Movenpick Hotel and Convention Centre (MHCC) until their new flight date to ensure their welfare.
"The rescheduling of the flight for this small group of pilgrims does not affect the flight schedule for other groups of prospective pilgrims, which will proceed as usual."