The Lockheed L1011 TriStar "Barakah" remains stranded on Cadjéhoun beach, abandoned for over a decade. The restaurant project envisioned in 2015 by local entrepreneur Michael Kèkè never materialized, despite initial enthusiasm and regulatory approvals. Stripped of its engines and whitewashed, the fuselage slowly deteriorates under Atlantic salt air. Yet visitors still explore its cockpit and cabin, paying a modest fee to glimpse an aircraft that once transported pilgrims across continents, now frozen permanently on Beninese sand.
