Editing 1988 (section)

===April===
[[File:OperationPrayingMantis-IS Alvand.jpg|thumb|200px|The Iranian frigate, IS ''Alvand'', attacked by US Navy forces during [[Operation Praying Mantis]]]]
* [[April 5]] – [[Kuwait Airways Flight 422]] is hijacked while en route from [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], to [[Kuwait]]. The hijackers demand the release of 17 [[Shiite Muslims|Shiite Muslim]] prisoners held by Kuwait. Kuwait refuses to release the prisoners, leading to a 16-day siege across 3 continents. Two passengers are killed before the siege ends.<ref name= Smh.au>{{cite web |author1=Antony Walker |title=Flashback: The deadly hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 422 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/flashback-the-deadly-hijacking-of-kuwait-airways-flight-422-20180405-h0ydyj.html |website=smh.com.au |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=6 May 2024 |language=English |date=5 April 2018 }}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – The [[Ojhri Camp|Ojhri Camp Disaster]] occurs in [[Islamabad]] and [[Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Shaikh |date=2016-02-07 |title=The Ojhri Camp disaster — Who's to blame? |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1237794 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 14]]
** In the [[Geneva Accords (1988)|Geneva Accords]], the [[Soviet Union]] commits itself to withdrawal of its forces from [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ottaway |first=David B. |date=April 15, 1988 |title=Agreement on Afghanistan signed in Geneva |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/04/15/agreement-on-afghanistan-signed-in-geneva/c7288c64-6764-4e73-9bc5-7eeb48f7827d/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
** The [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'' (FFG-58)]] strikes a [[naval mine]] in the [[Persian Gulf]], while deployed on [[Operation Earnest Will]], during the [[Iran–Iraq War#Attacks on shipping|Tanker War]] phase of the [[Iran–Iraq War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/uss-samuel-b--roberts--ffg-58-.html |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=NHHC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604152754/https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/uss-samuel-b--roberts--ffg-58-.html|archive-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – [[Israel]]i commandos kill the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]]'s [[Abu Jihad]] in [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shmulovich |first1=Michal |title=24 years later, Israel acknowledges top-secret operation that killed Fatah terror chief |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-admits-to-top-secret-operation-that-killed-top-fatah-commander-abu-jihad-in-1988/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] – The United States Navy retaliates for the {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|FFG-58|6}} mining with [[Operation Praying Mantis]], in a day of strikes against [[Iran]]ian oil platforms and naval vessels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 19, 1988 |title=U.S. STRIKES 2 IRANIAN OIL RIGS AND HITS 6 WARSHIPS IN BATTLES OVER MINING SEA LANES IN GULF |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/19/world/us-strikes-2-iranian-oil-rigs-hits-6-warships-battles-over-mining-sea-lanes-gulf.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – The world's longest skyjacking comes to an end when the remaining passengers of [[Kuwait Airways Flight 422]] are released by their captors.<ref name= Smh.au/>
* [[April 28]] – [[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]] safely lands after losing its roof in midair, killing a flight attendant and injuring 65 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8903.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Report, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, Boeing 737-100, N73711, Near Maui, Hawaii, April 28, 1998|date=June 14, 1989|publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]|id=NTSB/AAR-89/03|access-date=February 5, 2016|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120112357/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8903.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[World Expo 88]] opens in [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia.