NEW DETAILS emerge on co-pilot accused of attempted crash

HERE. >> Dana: TEN MINUTES AND TEN. SECONDS. HARRIS FAULKNER WILL BRING IT TO. YOU. >> Harris: I'M ON THE CLOCK WITH. A LOT OF BREAKING NEWS THIS. HOUR. WE BEGIN WITH THIS FOX NEWS. ALERT. A TERROR INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT. EXACTLY HAPPENED ON THAT ISRAELI. FLIGHT FROM DUBAI TO TEL AVIV. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE TELLING US. THAT CO-PILOT STABBED A CAPTAIN. AND TRIED TO CRASH THAT PLANE. BEFORE THE HEROIC PASSENGERS. TOOK HIM DOWN. AND A FLIGHT CREW WAS ALREADY.

THERE. THEY WERE WHAT WE CALL DEAD. HEADING. JUST THERE AS PASSENGERS. THEY MANAGED TO GET THAT PLANE. ON THE GROUND. VIDEO FROM INSIDE THAT PLANE. SHOWS THE TERROR AS THE FLIGHT. PLUNGED BY MORE THAN 17,000 FEET. IN MERE SECONDS. A LOT OF THE VIDEO COMING FROM. DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO. SURVIVED THIS. INVESTIGATORS ARE HONING IN ON. THE BIG QUESTION, WHO EXACTLY IS. THIS CO-PILOT? DID HE ACT ALONE? WHY DID HE DO THIS? WHAT'S THE MOTIVE? WAS THE WEAPON INSIDE THE.

COCKPIT ALREADY OR WAS IT ON. HIM? HOW DID HE GET ON THE PLANE WITH. A WEAPON IF HE CARRIED IT IN? I'M HARRIS FAULKNER AND YOU ARE. IN "THE FAULKNER FOCUS.". ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU GAVE US THE LATEST ON. THE INVESTIGATION AND THE WEAPON. USED IN THE ATTACK. >> TWO POSSIBILITIES. ONE THAT HE DIDN'T GO THROUGH A. METAL DETECTOR. PASSENGERS GO THROUGH THEM BUT. I'M NOT SURE THAT PILOTS ALWAYS. DO. YOU SAY OKAY, PART OF THE AIR. CREW, LET HIM GO. NUMBER ONE. THEN HE COULD HAVE CARRIED A.

KNIFE OR AN AXE OR MIGHT HAVE. GOTTEN AN AXE FROM THE EQUIPMENT. IN THE -- THAT MIGHT BE STANDARD. ON THIS AIRPLANE. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. I CAN'T DRAW CONCLUSIONS YET. IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAD BEEN. RADICALIZED. I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY. WHETHER HE HAD ANY CONNECTIONS. WITH IRAN OR WITH ANYONE ELSE. >> Harris: A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT. COMING UP. WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE QUITE A. FEW CHILDREN, YOUNG FAMILIES ON.

THAT FLIGHT. WE'LL HEAR FROM A MOM WHO WAS. THERE WITH HER FOUR DAUGHTERS. AND SHSHE HAS TWO OF THOSE. BEAUTIES WITH HER TODAY ALIVE. AND WELL TO TALK ABOUT THE. FLIGHT. THAT'S COMING UP. WE WELCOME THEM. I WANT TO BEGIN WITH CHIEF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST IN TEL AVIV. TREY. >> GOOD MORNING. WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT. THE CO-PILOT THAT ALLEGEDLY. STABBED THE CAPTAIN OF THIS. FLIGHT THAT WAS HEADED TO TEL.

AVIV JUST YESTERDAY. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU PROVIDING. SOME NEW INSIGHT INTO WHO THIS. UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL WAS. >> HE WAS AN OMANI NATIONAL AND. WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS THAT SAY YOU. CAN'T HAVE PILOTS WHO DON'T HAVE. FROM COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH. ISRAEL. A LOOPHOLE HERE AND WE'RE TAKING. CARE OF THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS. WITH THE FULL COOPERATION, I. HAVE TO SAY, OF THE EMIRATI. GOVERNMENT. WE'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN MAKING. SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> AFTER THE CO-PILOT STABBED. THE CAPTAIN THE JET PLUNGED MORE. THAN 14,000 FEET IN 37 SECONDS. THE INJURED PILOT OPENED THE. COCKPIT DOOR AND PASSENGERS. JUMPED INTO ACTION MAKING THEIR. WAY INTO THE COCKPIT, SUBDUING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO CRASH. THE JET. AN ISRAELI PLUMBER PULLED BACK. THE YOKE TO PREVENT THE PLANE. FROM DIVING FURTHER. IT'S A A MIRACLE.

170 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD WITH. THE PLANE PLUM ITING TOWARD THE. DESERT WELL BEYOND SPEEDS THE. AIRCRAFT IS BUILT TO WITH STAND. OTHER OFF DUTY ON THE FLIGHT. WERE ABLE TO LAND THE 737 IN. SAUDI ARABIA. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED A HERO'S. WELCOME ONCE BACK SAFELY IN TEL. AVIV. THE INVESTIGATION IS FOCUSING ON. THE CO-PILOT AND WHAT HIS. BACKGROUND IS. IF HE WAS RADICALIZED AND WHERE. IT TOOK PLACE. FLYDUBAI HAS CANCELED ALL. INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLIGHTS.

FROM ISRAEL. >> Harris: I WANT TOTO BRING IN. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR TO. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU. BOY, THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN. A WHIRL WIND. WE HEARD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. A FEW HOURS AGO ON "FOX &. FRIENDS.". THIS SEEMS TO BE MOVING QUICKLY. WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU CAN TELL. US, CAROLINE? >> WELL, I THINK THAT AS THE. HOURS GO ON AND THE CO-PILOT. CONTINUES UNDER THE SAUDI.

INVESTIGATION, IT IS BECOMING. CLEARER AND CLEARER THAT INDEED. HE WAS IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED. IT WASN'T A SUICIDAL PERSON OR. SOMEBODY WHO JUST HAPPENED TO. TAKE ALONG BY MISTAKE OR AS. COLLATERAL DAMAGE. HE WANTED TO TAKE DOWN 173 OTHER. PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH HIM WHEN HE. WAS COMMITTING SUICIDE. IT WAS ACTUALLY DELIBERATELY. AGAINST ISRAELIS. THE REAL QUESTION THAT MOST. PEOPLE ARE ASKING RIGHT NOW IS.

WAS HE ACTING ON BEHALF OF A. TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, ON. BEHALF OF A TERROR REGIME. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF. QUESTIONS. IT IS VERY CLEAR. THE OTHER THING THAT IS VERY. CLEAR IS THE RESILIENCE OF THE. ABRAHAM ACCORDS. EXTRAORDINARY PEACE ACCORD THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU WERE ABLE TO. NEGOTIATE WITH FOUR ARAB STATES. BACK IN 2020. AND SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE. VERY CLEAR TARGETS HERE WAS TO. UNDERMINE THE PEACE BETWEEN. ISRAEL AND THESE ARAB STATES.

THAT WAS WROUGHT BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU SIX YEARS AGO. THAT CLEARLY HAS NOT HAPPENED. THANKS IN GREAT PART REALLY TO. THE MIRACLE WE RECEIVED. YESTERDAY. YOU CAN JUST NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD. HAVE HAPPENED IF GOD FORBID WE. WERE BURYING 174 PEOPLE TODAY. >> Harris: THAT'S SUCH AN. IMPORTANT YOU ARE MAKING ABOUT. THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND WHERE WE. ARE. NOT JUST IN WHAT WE SAW THE. HEROISM AND YES, THE MIRACLE OF. YESTERDAY, BUT GOING FORWARD.

WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. IN FACT, I HAD ON YESTERDAY. FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENNETT. WHO AT FIRST THANKED SAUDI. ARABIA FOR TAKING CARE OF THE. PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, FOR DOING. WHAT WAS NEEDED THERE, AND NOW. YOU JUST MENTIONED THEM IN THE. INVESTIGATION. I MEAN, THIS FEELS LIKE A NEW. DAY. >> WELL, I THINK WHAT'S MOST. IMPORTANT IS THAT WHAT THIS. SHOWS VERY CLEARLY IS THE. RESILIENCE NOT ONLY OF THE. ISRAELI PEOPLE AND THE.

PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THEIR. INCREDIBLE TENACITY AND HEROISM. BUT ALSO THE TENACITY OF THE. ABRAHAM ACCORDS. THAT THESE REALLY ARE BUILT TO. LAST, PARTICULARLY ISRAEL'S. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED. ARAB EMOTION RATES. FLYDUBAI WAS THE ONLY AIRLINE. FLYING TO ISRAEL AFTER. OCTOBER 7TH. EVERYBODY ELSE CANCELED. THE EMIRATES DIDN'T. AS PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAID.

OVER A MILLION ISRAELIS HAVE. FLOWN TO THE EMOTION RATHER AND. VACATIONED THERE SINCE THE START. OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS IN 2020. THIS HAS BEEN A REVOLUTION IN. ISRAEL'S INTEGRATION INTO THE. MIDDLE EAST AND TO THE. ACCEPTANCE OF THE ARAB WORLD OF. THE JEWISH STATE IN A WAY THAT. NOBODY COULD HAVE IMAGINED. ISRAEL IS BEING DEMONIZED IN THE. WEST AND WAR HERE ALONG SEVEN. FRONTS AND YET THE PEACE BETWEEN.

ISRAEL AND THE UAE HAS ENDURED. WE JUST STRENGTHENED AND WIDENED. OUR RELATIONS WITH MOROCCO A. WEEK AND A HALF AGO WHERE WE. EXPANDED OUR RELATIONS FROM. NORMALIZATION TO ACTUAL. DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION AND THE. EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS FOR THE. FIRST TIME. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL'S. INCREASED ISOLATION, THE. INTEGRATION IN THE REGION HAS. GOTTEN STRONGER AND DEEPER SINCE.

OCTOBER 7TH. >> Harris: THAT IS QUITE A BIT. OF INFORMATION GOING FORWARD. THIS INVESTIGATION IS SO MUCH. PART OF THAT. I WAS TELLING THE AUDIENCE THEY. WERE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES ON. THAT FLIGHT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND LOOKING AT. THE RECEPTION. THE PLANE LANDED DURING THIS. HOUR YESTERDAY, CAROLINE. AS IT WAS COMING IN THERE WAS SO. MUCH JOY AND SINGING AND ALL OF. THAT. THOSE CHILDREN GOT TO ALSO. WITNESS THE RESILIENCE THAT YOU. ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOUR LAST QUICK THOUGHT. >> LOOK, I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

PERSONALLY I JUST AM STILL. OVERCOME BY EMOTION OVER WHAT. HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THE LEVEL OF MIRACLES THAT WE. EXPERIENCED AS A NATION REALLY. AS A WORLD BECAUSE OF WHAT. HAPPENED ON BOARD, THAT THERE. REALLY WAS SORT OF A COOPERATION. THERE BETWEEN THE ALL MIGHTY AND. THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. SO MANY DID HIS PART. SO MANY THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN FOR. THAT PLANE TO BE SAVED IT IS. QUITE REMARKABLE. TO SEE THE CHILDREN AND KNOW HOW. CLOSE TO DEATH THEY WERE TO ME.

IS JUST AS A MOM AND JUST AS A. HUMAN BEING IT'S VERY TRAUMATIC. >> H.