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Day: May 21, 2024
The caskets of Iran’s President and fellow passengers who died on the crashed helicopter are now being transferred from north-western city of Tabriz to northern city of Qom, which is considered the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad.
Another procession is planned to begin at 16:30 local time (13:00 GMT), crossing two holy sites in the city – Jamkaran Mosque and Fatima Masoumeh Shrine.
Outside of its religious significance, the city is also where the late Iranian leader studied at the Islamic Seminary of Qom, where he learnt the Islamic Jurisprudence.
State media are reporting that the bodies will be carried around the shrine.
The bodies will then be taken to the capital, Tehran, where there is a ceremony planned at 20:00 local time (16:00 GMT) today at the Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran.
Supreme Leader Khamenei is expected to lead congregational prayers for Raisi in the capital tomorrow, while the burial will be held in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, in the shrine of the eighth Shia Imam on Thursday.
One passenger has been killed and more than 30 others others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit by severe turbulence, the BBC reports.
The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local time (08:00 GMT).
The aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew, the airline said in a statement.
“Singapore Airlines offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased,” it said.
The Boeing 777 plane left the UK on Monday evening at 22:17 local time. However, flight SQ321 reportedly experienced severe turbulence while entering airspace in the region, which is currently experiencing extreme tropical thunderstorms.
The plane was diverted to the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok where it made an emergency landing shortly before 4pm local time. It had been scheduled to land at the Singapore Changi Airport at 6:10 pm local time.
