Hijacking attempt suspect used 'crash ax' in attempted terror attack, UAE says

E. IF I CAN FIND IT. RACHEL: WE'LL EXPLAIN LATER WHY. HE SAID THAT SHOCKING NEW. DETAILS CONTINUE TO EMERGE ABOUT. THE COPILOT SUSPECTED OF AN. ATTEMPTED HIJACKING ON THAT. ISRAEL BOUND FLIGHT. GRIFF: THE UAE CONFIRMS THE MAN. WAS TRYING CARRY OUT A TERRORIST. ATTACK AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS. ABOUT THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY. THE CAPTAIN. CHARLIE: TREY YINGST IS IN TEL. AVIV NOW WITH MORE. GOOD MORNING, TREY. >> REPORTER: HEY, GUYS. GOOD MORNING. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE.

COPILOT ON THE FLY DUBAI FLIGHT. CONTINUES, AP NAMED HIM AS THE. MAIN SUSPECT AND SAYS HE. REPORTEDLY USED AN AXE THAT MAY. HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE COCKPIT TO. CARRY OUT THE ATTACK. THE OWE MANY NATIONAL WAS BANNED. FROM FLYING IN OMAN DUE TO. EXTREMIST VIEWS, THE INJURED. CAPTAIN DESCRIBED THE INITIAL. MOMENTS OF THE ATTACK DURING A. CALL WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LAST T WEEKE. >> HE MANAGED TO OPEN THE DOOR.

ONCE. I THINK HE SHOVED IT BACK CLOSED. AND AT THIS POINT I WAS LYING. DOWN ON THE COCKPIT FLOOR AND I. FELT THE AIRCRAFT AND THE. WASHING SOUND AND PEOPLE. SCREAMING. >> REPORTER: QUESTIONS REMAIN. ABOUT THE VETTING PROCESS THAT. ALLOWED HIM TO BE HIRED BY FLY. DUBAI AND COPILOT A FLIGHT TO. ISRAEL. PRESIDENT TRUMP DISCUSSED. POSSIBLE TIES. HERE IN ISRAEL T THE CAPTAIN OF.

THE FLIGHT WHO AVOIDED DISASTER. HELPING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF. MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE IS BEING. HAILED AS A HERO. >> I WANT TO HAVE CAPTAIN. SUBMIT AND PRIME MINISTER MODI. ARE GREAT FRIENDS, I WOULD LIKE. THEM TO BEAR A CELEBRATORY. FLAME, OUR HIGHEST HONOR WE GIVE. ON OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY, IT'S. USUALLY RESERVED FOR ISRAELI. CITIZENS BUT I THINK HERE IN. THIS CASE ALL THE CITIZENS OF.

ISRAEL WILL EMBRACE YOU. >> REPORTER: HERE IN ISRAEL THIS. WEEK WILL MARK THREE YEARS SINCE. THE OCTOBER 7th MASSACRE AND. AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS. ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK, CERTAINLY THERE ARE MIXED. EMOTIONS IN THIS COUNT.