Netanyahu thanks FlyDubai hero for his bravery

. CB COTTON, THANK YOU. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW. IDENTIFYING THE COPILOT ACCUSED. OF IDENTIFYING HIS FLIGHT. CAPTAIN IN TRYING TO CRASH IN. ISRAEL BOUND JET. A29-YEAR-OLD OMANI AND NATIONAL. WAS BANNED FROM FLYING IN THIS. OWN COUNTRY BECAUSE OF CONCERNS. ABOUT HIS EXTREMIST VIEWS. JAFFA PAUL IS LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. WITH THE LATEST. >> A LITTLE WHILE AGO ISRAELI.

PRIME MINISTER OF THE FLIGHT DUE. BY 10 ON ASKING THE CAPTAIN HOW. THINGS ALL STARTED. EXPLAINING HAS A COPILOT ASKED. IF HE COULD PRAY, WHICH HE DID. BEHIND HIM THAT IS WHEN THINGS. TOOK A TURN. >> WHILE HE WAS A PRANK OUT OF. RESPECT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT. THE FRONT AND NOT AT THE BACK.

AND SUDDENLY I THINK IT WAS. ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES THERE. IS A BIG BLOW TO THE BACK OF MY. HEAD. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THERE IS A. CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE. AIRCRAFT WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT. RIGHT. BUT THEN AFTER THAT THE BLOKE. KEPT COMING ONE AFTER THE OTHER. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IT'S NOT. THE AIRCRAFT IT'S THE OTHER GUY. WHO WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITH ME.

>> AND WE KNOW HE BOUGHT THROUGH. THE ATTACK TO OPEN THE COCKPIT. HELPING TO PREVENT EIGHT MID AIR. DISASTER. NETANYAHU PERSONALLY THANKING. CAPTAIN SMIT MACHCHHAR SENT YOU. OUR HERO FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD HE. INVITED THE CAPTAIN TO LIGHT A. FLAME THROUGH THE NEXT ISRAELI. INDEPENDENCE DAY. AS FOR THE COPILOT WHO ATTACKED. HIM WHO SPOKE TO FOX NEWS THE.

SUSPECT PREVIOUSLY BEEN HIRED BY. ELON AIR BOAT WAS GROUNDED OVER. SUSPICION OF HIS ACTIVITY. THE NATURE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED BUT THE. SUSPECT AFTER BEGINNING AND. GROUND JOB AT A LATER MOVE TO. DUBAI WHERE HE EVENTUALLY BECAME. A PILOT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS. IDENTIFIED THE PILOT THEY SAY. THE SUSPECT ATTACKED THE CAPTAIN. THE ACTS IT'S TYPICALLY STORED.

IN THE COCKPIT FOR EMERGENCIES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE. SUSPECT TRIED TO TAKE CONTROL. OVER THE PLANE ATTEMPTING TO. CARRY OUT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING. A TERRORIST ATTACK. THEY ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE IF. HE WAS WORKING WITH ANYONE ELSE. OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOME. SORT OF FOREIGN ENTITY. AS FOR THE HERO CAPTAIN OF. FLIGHT DUE BY INDIA'S PRIME. MINISTER HAS ALSO THANKED HIM. THAT SPLIT SECOND DECISION TO. OPEN UP THE COCKPIT DO.