This archive report was first published on 11 October 2019.
On 29 November, a devastating incident occurred at the Likoni channel in Kenya, where a car plunged into the ocean with two people on board. The Kenya Navy's multi-agency team has been working tirelessly to lift the wrecked vehicle, but their efforts have been met with frustration.
According to Rtd Colonel Cyrus Oguna, the government spokesman, the retrieval process has been hindered by strong undercurrents at the seabed. Oguna explained that the team was trying to lift the vehicle with the bodies intact to avoid smashing it in the rifts.
On Thursday evening, Oguna conceded that the matter was not progressing as expected, despite several attempts by the multi-agency team to lift the wrecked vehicle using a specialized gadget. He attributed the failure to the strong undercurrents and the need to retrieve the bodies carefully.
"We had issued a 100 percent possibility of retrieving the vehicle but we didn’t manage because of two reasons, one is due to strong undercurrents at the seabed and also we want to get the bodies inside while intact," Oguna stated.
The Kenya Navy's main goal is to retrieve the car with bodies intact, and any mistake would make the bodies spill from the car, worsening the situation and hurting the bereaved family more.
