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Likoni Channel closed temporarily as search for bodies begins

Two rescue boats carrying divers patrol the water in Likoni Channel as rescue operations begin. [Image: Courtesy]

A multi-agency team has started a search operation to retrieve a car that plunged into the Indian Ocean with two passengers onboard.

The team, comprising of Kenya Navy, KPA, Kenya Fisheries Research Institute (KEFRI) and Private Contracted Divers, said by Monday they had identified two positions, 75ft and 173ft, at which the vehicle could be.

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