FlyDubai captain REVEALS NEW details of alleged hijacking attempt

PRESIDENT TRUMP. ALL OF THAT AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. ON "AMERICA REPORTS.". BUT FIRST THIS --. >> I DID MY BEST TO DO WHAT I. DID, AND THE OTHERS, WHEN IT. CAME ON THEIR HANDS, DID WHAT. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND. SAVED THE DAY. >> Sandra: CAPTAIN OF A FLIGHT. HIJACKED BY MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY. WANTED TO CRASH INTO ISRAEL'S. AIRPORT IS SPEAKING OUT, REVEALING BRAND NEW INFORMATION. ON THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS THAT. HE FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE AS THAT.

AIRCRAFT PLUNGED MIDFLIGHT. HELLO AND WELCOME, EVERYONE. I'M SANDRA SMITH IN NEW YORK. TO RELIVE THOSE HORRIFYING. MOMENTS. JOHN? >> John: I CAN'T IMAGINE. EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY HE'S. RELIVING IT. I'M JOHN ROBERTS IN WASHINGTON. THIS IS "AMERICA REPORTS.". IN THAT NEW INTERVIEW, THE HERO. CAPTAIN RECALLS THAT HE WANTED. TO PRAY. OUT OF NOWHERE, HE WAS STRUCK. HARD IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

WITH AN AXE. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JEFF. PAUL IS IN LONDON WITH DETAILS. >> Reporter: BRAND NEW. INTERVIEW, THE FLY DUBAI CAPTAIN. SAID WHEN HE WAS FIRST HIT IN. THE HEAD, HE THOUGHT SOMETHING. HAD GONE HORRIBLY WRONG WITH THE. STRUCTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT. BUT THEN HE REALIZED HIS. CO-PILOT WAS ATTACKING HIM MID. AIR. SO HE TRIED TO FREE HIMSELF FROM. THE SEAT BELT. ALL WHILE BLOCKING AS MANY. STRIKES AS POSSIBLE. >> THE SCARIEST THING THAT I. HEARD WAS THE ENGINE SLOWING.

DOWN. WHEN I SAY SLOWING DOWN, ENGINE. SOUND GOING FROM FULL BLAST TO. -- WHICH IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT AT. THAT STAGE OF THE FLIGHT. SECOND THING WAS, I FELT US. GOING DOWN. >> Reporter: THE CAPTAIN, WHO IS. STILL RECOVERING IN THE. HOSPITAL, SAID HE TRIED TO THEN. OPEN UP THE COCKPIT DOOR ALL. WHILE SCREAMING FOR HIS. COLLEAGUES TO HELP. HE SAID HE THEN AT ONE POINT. LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AT ONE POINT, SAW HIM FACE DOWN.

THE CAPTAIN THEN SAID HE. REMEMBERS HEARING THE COCKPIT. DOOR OPEN AND THEN HEARD. SCREAMING. >> TO BE HONEST, I AM NOT VERY. SURE I'D MAKE IT OUT ALIVE FROM. THIS. DID I GIVE UP? NO. I CAN 100 PPBTD -- 100% TELL. YOU I DID NOT GIVE UP. WAS I SURE I WAS GOING TO MAKE. IT? NO. >> Reporter: CREW MEMBERS WERE. ABLE TO SUBDUE THE ATTACKING.

CO-PILOT. A SECOND CREW THEN TOOK OVER THE. PLANE, WHERE IT THEN LANDED. SAFELY IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND IS. ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SEIZE. CONTROL OF THE PLANE AND. ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE INTO THE. TERMINAL. THE CAPTAIN SAID THAT DAY HE. NEVER SAW ANY WARNING SIGNS. >> IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT. WOULD HAVE HINTED EARLIER ON THE. GROUND, YES, OF COURSE, I WOULD. HAVE SPOKEN UP.

I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONED SOME. THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT MAKES ZERO SENSE TO ME. >> Reporter: THE UAE'S TOP. PROSECUTOR, WHICH IS LEADING THE. INVESTIGATION, SAID THE SUSPECT. ATTEMPTED TO CARRY OUT THE. ATTACK, WITH THE INTENTION OF. CAUSING THE GREATEST POSSIBLE. NUMBER OF HUMAN CASUALTIES. JOHN? >> John: WHAT A HERO THAT PILOT. IS. HATS OFF TO MACHARA. HE DID.