DEVELOPING: Terror questions MOUNT in alleged FlyDubai hijacking

AND MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE. RECOVERED. >> Dana: INCREDIBLE. GARRETT, THANK YOU. >> Bill: INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING. FOR A MOTIVE. THAT MOTIVE NOT PUBLIC AS TO. WHAT HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO ON. BOARD THIS PLANE BOUND FOR. ISRAEL OUT OF DUBAI. THE CAPTAIN WHO WAS ATTACKED BY. HIS CO-PILOT IS NOW TALKING. YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE, HE IS. TALKING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. OF INDIA, OKAY? THERE ARE A BILLION PEOPLE IN. HIS COUNTRY WHO SAY THIS MAN.

WHOSE FIRST NAME IS SMIT IS NOW. A HERO. WATCH. >> THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I. REALIZED I HAD FALLEN DOWN DUE. TO MY INJURIES AND REALIZED THE. AIRCRAFT IS GOING DOWN. THIS IS THE LAST PUSH, THE DOOR. IS RIGHT THERE. I WAS STILL GETTING HIT BUT I. OPENED THE DOOR. EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED WAS. JUST AS INCREMENTAL TO THIS. EFFORT. >> Bill: THE FORMER HEAD OF. ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY. COUNCIL OUT OF TEL AVIV.

ISRAEL FOR SURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. LET'S GO THROUGH THE CLUES. PIECE THEM TOGETHER. NORMALLY WE HEAR SOME STATEMENT. TO TIE HIM DIRECTLY. >> WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT. HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO IN THE. COCKPIT BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT HE. WAS BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS LIKE. STABBING HIS CAPTAIN AND TRYING. TO CRASH THE PLANE INTO THE.

GROUND. NOT NECESSARILY YELLING G. SOMETHING. WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW THE STORY. WHAT WE DO KNOW IT IS AN OMANI. PILOT. THERE ARE CLUES STARTING TO COME. UP THAT THERE WERE ISLAMIST. MOTIVES IN THIS ACTION. THE CHANCES OR THE APPEARANCE OF. THIS AS A TERROR ACT IS BECOMING. INCREASINGLY MORE VIABLE. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, OF COURSE, WAS HE ACTING ALONE, WAS THERE. SOMEONE BEHIND HIM, WAS HE. RECRUITED.

A COUNTRY REBIND HIM. A STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ALLEGATIONS. THAT ARE PREMATURE. WHAT IS BECOMING MORE ACCURATE. AND THAT IT WAS AN ACT OF. TERROR. THEY HAVE KNOW THE MOTIVES. >> Bill: I MISSED THAT. YOU SAY THE OMANI GOVERNMENT. SAID --. >> NO THE EMIRATES. IT WAS A FLYDUBAI FLIGHT BY THE.

EMIRATES. THE CREW WAS FOREIGNERS, INDIAN, OMANI AND OTHERS. >> Bill: JUST BE CLEAR, WHAT DID. THEIR GOVERNMENT SAY? >> SO THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT. SAYING THAT THIS IS LIKELY A. TERROR ACT. THEY ARE NOT POINTING FINGERS AT. ANY BACKERS OF THAT CO-PILOT BUT. THEY ARE SAYING IT WAS AN ACT OF. TERROR AGAINST THE ISRAELIS ON. THE PLANE. 170 ISRAELI CITIZENS ON THAT.

PLANE. 30 OF THEM WERE KIDS. WE COULD HAVE HAD A VERY. DIFFERENT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE BRAVERY OF. THE CAPTAIN WHO OPENED THE DOOR. AND THE ISRAELIS ON THE PLANE. STABILIZING THE AIRPLANE AND. THANK GOD THERE WERE OTHER. PILOTS ON THAT PLANE THAT COULD. LAND IT SAFELY IN SAUDI ARABIA. >> Bill: LAST QUESTION FROM ME. FOR NOW. FLYDUBAI HAS A PSYCHOLOGY. DIVISION FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.

I WOULD ASSUME THEY INTERVIEW. THEM BEFORE THEY HIRE THEM. IS THAT NORMAL? >> WELL, I WOULD WANT TO SEE ALL. AIRLINE CARRIERS INTERVIEW AND. MONITOR THEIR PILOTS FOR A HOST. OF REASONS. WE HAVE HAD PSYCHOTIC PILOTS IN. THE PAST. THERE ARE PLANES CRASHED INTO. THE GROUND FOR SEVERAL REASONS. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A. SUICIDAL REASON IF INDEED THIS. WILL BE DEFINED AS AN ACT OF.

TERROR. WE SHOHOULD BE CAREFUL. SECURITY HAS CHANGED. WE ALL GO THROUGH SECURITY AND. LUGGAGE GOES THROUGH THE. SECURITY AND COCKPIT DOOR IS. LOCKED SO NO ONE CAN GET IN AND. HIJACK A PLANE. IN THIS CASE THE THREAT WAS IN. THAT COCKPIT FROM THE PILOTS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT THREAT THAN. WEWE REGULARLY THINK ABOUT OR. PREPARE FOR AERIAL ACTIONS SUCH. AS THIS. THIS WILL DEFINITELY CALL FOR. DIFFERENT KIND OF PROCEDURES TO.

MAKE SURE THAT PILOTS ARE OKAY. PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND FOR OTHER. REASONS SUCH AS THIS. IF THIS HAPPENED IN FLYDUBAI IT. DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN. IN FLYDUBAI OR IN OUR REGION. UNFORTUNATELY THIS COULD HAPPEN. ELSEWHERE AND WE NEED TO BE. READY FOR SUCH CASES THAT ARE 25. YEARS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH, ALMOST EXACTLY THREE YEARS AFTER. OCTOBER 7TH ISRAEL HAS BEEN. ATTACKED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THIS IS YET ANOTHER ONE. >> Bill: WELL, IF IT'S TRUE THAT. HE WAS HIRED EIGHT MONTHS AGO WE. NEED TO GET THE EMPLOYMENT. HISTORY AND FIGURE IT OUT. IT WAS A MIRACLE AT 34,000 FEET. AND WE SAW IT TH.