BY Adib Noor
The first batch of intending haj pilgrims for the Year 1444 Hijrah had heartfelt farewells with their friends and families prior to their departure to the holy city of Madinah from the Brunei International Airport on Sunday.
The Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) Flight BI4201 carried 251 intending haj pilgrims, which included four officials from the Brunei Darussalam Haj Pilgrim Affairs Office and representatives from travel agencies that arranged the haj packages.
The flight was estimated to take around nine hours and thirty minutes.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin