This archive report was first published on 10 October 2019.
On October 10, 2019, the retrieval of a car that slipped off a ferry at the Likoni Channel and sank into the Indian Ocean with a woman and her daughter began.
The government had announced that operations would start at 9am on Thursday, but were delayed due to traffic at the ferry channel and strong currents in the deep sea, according to government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna.
"We are retrieving the vehicle, we would not want to risk the lives of the divers involved in this operation," Mr Oguna said.
The Kenya Navy and Southern Engineering Company Ltd, a shipping company in Mombasa, are leading the operation, which involves sophisticated equipment including multi beam cameras to capture images under the water.
Thousands of Kenyans watched the recovery process at the Likoni Channel, where the family of the bereaved had been camping at the Mbaraki Wharf for 12 days, hoping to find the bodies.
On Wednesday, Mr Oguna confirmed that the object found underwater in a mud layer of 1.5 meters was indeed the vehicle with the number plate KCB 289C.
The vehicle will be pulled out of the ocean using a crane, and after retrieval, the police will be in charge of the bodies.
