REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- At least 90,132 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia as of 9 p.m. Saudi Arabia Standard Time on Friday, according to the Hajj Media Center of the Indonesian Religious Affairs Ministry.

The arriving pilgrims belonged to 229 flight groupings, the ministry's Hajj Media Center officer, Widi Dwinanda, told journalists at an online press conference, which was followed by ANTARA from Jakarta on Saturday.

They arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform this year's Hajj through the Amir Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz (AMAA) Airport in Medina and King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAAIA) in Jeddah, she informed.

Regarding Hajj pilgrim deaths, Dwinanda said that the media center has so far recorded 11 fatalities.