According to local media reports, KMP Yunicee was en route from East Java to Bali with 53 passengers and crew when the accident occurred when the ferry docked near the port of Gillimanuck on the western tip of the island. When the Indonesian authorities responded to the incident, people were rescued from the water and many fainted after a turbulent time, CNA reported. However, the latest figures show that 11 people went missing and 7 were pulled out of the water and killed. The cause of the accident is unknown.
Marine accidents are not uncommon in the country, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands with many boats and ferries operating daily.
In a recent incident, dozens of people went missing after the Sinar Bangun ferry with about 80 people on board sank in June 2018 while sailing on Lake Toba in Sumatra province, northern Indonesia, it was confirmed a few days later that at least 34 people died.
After the overcrowded Arim Jaya ferry capsized off the coast of Giliang Island in East Java, Indonesia in June 2019, after the recent KM Lestari Maju sank off the coast of Bulukumba in southern Indonesia, 17 people were confirmed dead.
