Similar posts were also shared on Instagram, Threads and YouTube.
However, the video was not shot in Banyuwangi or Bali.
The local port authority office in East Java province, which supervises Ketapang port, told AFP on October 2 that there have been no recent reports of ships capsizing in the area.
“There have been no such incidents at the Ketapang-Gilimanuk border crossing,” the office said. It added that “it is clear” that the pier in the false pilings is different from the ports in Banyuwangi and Bali.
Port of West Kalimantan
A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the mistakenly shared video led to the same footage used in a report by local broadcaster Kompas TV dated February 20, 2021 (archived link).
The report, posted on the broadcaster’s verified YouTube channel, is titled: “Crossing a motorboat ‘Bili’ capsized at Perigi Piai Pier, Sambas”.
Below is one screenshot comparison of the video used in the fake post (left) and the Kompas TV report (right):
According to the report, the boat capsized while docked and passengers disembarked in Perigi Piai, Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan Province, on February 20, 2021.
According to the Ministry of Transport, this was the case no casualties of the incident (archived link).
The incident was also covered in reports from Kumparan and state news agency Antara (archived links here and here).
The images correspond to images of the port of Perigi Piai, also known as “Perigi Piyai”, on Google Maps (archived link).
Below is a screenshot comparison of the mistakenly shared video (left) and the Google Maps image (right), with the similarities highlighted by AFP:
AFP has previously debunked false claims about boating accidents near Bali here and here.
