On 20 December 2021, a cargo ship illegally carrying 130 passengers sank off the northeast coast of Madagascar.

A hole in the hull caused the engine room to flood, leaving the vessel vulnerable to wave action.

The vessel sank late on 20 December 2021 after its engine room was flooded, leaving it exposed to the action of waves.

[2][4] The following day the Madagascan Maritime and Port Agency announced that the confirmed death toll had increased to 85, with three persons missing.

[7] The graveyard of Soanierana-Ivongo was too small to accommodate all the bodies recovered, so some were sent to nearby villages for burial.