Significant Incidents of Australians Being Killed Overseas
Excludes deaths attributable to war.
| Disaster | Location | Deaths | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrorism | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 88 | 12 October 2002 | 2002 Bali Bombing |
| Tsunami | Thailand and Sri Lanka | 26 | 26 December 2004 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
| Air accident | Denpasar, Indonesia | 16 | 22 April 1974 | Pan Am Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain, a total of 107 people were killed. |
| Flood | Interlaken, Switzerland | 14 | 28 July 1999 | Flash flood hits canyoning expedition. |
| Terrorism | New York City and Arlington County, United States | 11 | 11 September 2001 | 11 September 2001 attacks. |
| Air accident | near Isurava, Papua New Guinea | 9 | 12 August 2009 | Airlines PNG Flight CG4684 - Airlines PNG De Havilland Twin Otter 300 crashes in mountainous terrain. |
| Air accident | Nias Island, Indonesia | 9 | 2 April 2005 | 2005 Nias Island WS-61 Sea King crash crashes while providing relief services to victims of the 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
| Air accident | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 9 | August 1974 | |
| Air accident | Republic of the Congo | 6 | 20 June 2010 | 2010 Cameroon Aero Service CASA C-212 Aviocar crash |
| Road accident | Outside Cairo, Egypt | 6 | 11 January 2006 | Bus swerves and flips on major highway |
| Air accident | Near Suva, Fiji | 6 | 24 July 1999 | Air Fiji Bandeirante hits mountain ridge |
| Poisoning | Balikpapan, Dutch East Indies | 6 | 1945 | Australian soldiers accidentally drink methyl alcohol from ruptured drums |
| Air accident | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 5 | 7 March 2007 | Garuda Indonesia flight 200 |
| Tsunami | Samoa | 5 | 30 September 2009 | 2009 Samoa earthquake |
| Air accident | Kallang Airport, Singapore | 5 | 13 March 1954 | BOAC Lockheed Constellation flying from Sydney crashes on landing. |
| Road accident | Kota Tinggi, Malaysia | 5 | 1993 | Truck carrying Australian soldiers of 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment hit by a bus. |
| Air accident | near San Francisco | 4+ | 29 October 1953 | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Flight 304 crashes on approach to San Francisco. |
| Bridge collapse | Ramat Gan, Israel | 4 | 14 July 1997 | Maccabiah bridge collapse |
| Terrorism | Jimbaran and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia | 4 | 1 October 2005 | 2005 Bali Bombings |
| Air accident | near Goroka, Papua New Guinea | 4 | 17 June 1999 | Airlink Embraer Bandeirante crashes on approach |
| Cyclone | Gulf of Thailand, Thailand | 4 | 3 November 1989 | Drilling Ship Seacrest capsized during Typhoon Gay. |
| Air accident | Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia | 3 | 4 December 1977 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 653. |
| Terrorism | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3 | 17 July 2009 | JW Marriott/Ritz-Carlton hotel bombing. |
| Fire | Manoharpur, Orissa, India | 3 | 22 January 1999 | Australian missionary and sons killed in arson attack. |
| Air accident | Lukla, Nepal | 2 | 15 October 2008 | Yeti Airlines Twin Otter aircraft crashes in fog. |
| Air accident | London, United Kingdom | 2 | 4 November 1967 | Iberia Airlines Flight 062 crashed while landing at Heathrow Airport. |
| Terrorism | Mumbai, India | 2 | November 2008 | November 2008 Mumbai attacks. |
| Air accident | off Mauritius | 2 | 28 November 1987 | South African Airways Flight 295. |
| Air accident | near Qazvin, Iran | 2 | 15 July 2009 | Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 |
| Air accident | Long Island Sound, United States | 2 | 27 June 2005 | Private light plane crash |
| Avalanche | Peru | 2 | 2 August 2007 | Avalanche in Huayhuash peaks in Bolognesi, Peru |
| Air accident | Near Hawaii, United States | 2 | 24 February 1989 | United Airlines Flight 811 between Honolulu and Auckland experiences explosive decompression |
| Air accident | Los Rodeos, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | 2 | 27 March 1977 | KLM and Pan Am jumbos collide on runway (Tenerife disaster) |
| Terrorism | Roermond, Netherlands | 2 | 27 May 1990 | two Australian tourists shot by the Provisional IRA, in the mistaken belief they are British military personnel |
| Air accident | Bay of Bengal | 2 | 8 November 1935 | Lady Southern Cross, piloted by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, crashes en-route between Allahabad, India and Singapore. |
| Avalanche | Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand | 2 | 31 December 2003 | Avalanche hits party climbing Mount Tasman |
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