Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims Return Home, Three Deaths Reported

On 7 June 2026 the first Indonesian Hajj flight group (kloter) arriving in Balikpapan landed at Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport. All 360 pilgrims from Samarinda returned safely; one pilgrim had previously died in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The following day the PDG 04 group reached Padang's Minangkabau International Airport. 386 pilgrims arrived, having departed with 387. Two pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia – Tukiman Sandy Kromo Karso, 54, and Mustina Abdul Basir, 66 – and one pilgrim, Nurhayati Aziz Nuh, 67, was transferred from another kloter and returned early for medical treatment.