22-05-2025
EXCLUSIVE PIPELINE: Hear all the revelations from The Daily Mail's groundbreaking podcast investigating the 2022 Caribbean diving disaster
Every Thursday, Mail reporter Isabelle Stanley will bring you all the revelations from her groundbreaking investigation into the Caribbean diving disaster - on brand new podcast series, Pipeline.
In February 2022, Kazim Ali Jr, Yusuf Henry, Fyzal Kurban, Rishi Nagassar, and Christopher Boodram were sent to fix an underwater oil pipeline just off the coast of Trinidad.
Just as they were about to finish, they were violently sucked into the 30-inch pipe they were repairing and dragged hundreds of feet beneath the sea.
The men were professional divers, working for a contractor commissioned by Paria Fuel Trading Company, one arm of Trinidad's state-owned oil company.
One man, Christopher Boodram, managed to drag himself out over the course of three agonizing hours, but attempts to rescue the other four were repeatedly blocked. They were left to die.
Trapped deep underwater, with tiny pockets of air, their autopsies revealed they didn't die quickly – one of the men may have been alive in those unimaginable conditions for up to 39 hours.
Travelling to Trinidad for a first-of-its-kind investigation into the disaster, this explosive real-time podcast will uncover a story of corporate negligence, betrayal, and greed.
The six-part series explores allegations that rescue efforts were actively obstructed, examines how safety failures were ignored, and unearths close connections between Trinidad's political elite and oil executives.
It will also feature an exclusive interview with the disaster's only survivor, Christopher Boodram, along with GoPro audio from inside the pipe, capturing the men's final, harrowing hours.
Pipeline, a Daily Mail podcast, is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major podcast platforms now.
