NEW details revealed into flight attack suspect: Netanyahu spokesman

E. HANDLES AND HE KNEW HOW TO DO. THAT BECAUSE OF A TV SHOW THAT. HE WATCHED. WITH THAT WE BRING IN THE. INTERNATIONAL SPOKESMAN FOR. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND IS LIVE. FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. IN JERUSALEM. VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. THIS IS A DAY THAT COULD HAVE. ENDED VERY DIFFERENTLY. WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT YOU CAN. TELL US AFTER THE PRIME. MINISTER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME. OF THESE PEOPLE?

>> YOU CAUGHT ME SMILING ON THIS. DAY BECAUSE I JUST LEFT THE. PRIME MINISTER AND HE WAS SAYING. ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN YOU JUST. MENTIONED KHAKIS A PLUMBER AND. HE WENT WITH HIS FAMILY ON A. TRIP TO DUBAI AND THIS IS A. NORMAL ISRAELI PERSON, A. PLUMBER, A WORKER SERVING IN THE. ISRAELI ARMY. THE PLANE WAS NOSEDIVING DOWN IN. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HOW DID. YOU MANAGE TO GET INTO THE. CABIN? AS IT WAS NOSEDIVING DOWN. THOUSANDS OF FEET, EVERY FEW. SECONDS, IT HIT A BIT OF. TURBULENCE WHICH LEVELED IT.

HE MANAGED TO SWIVEL HIS WAY IN. AND AS YOU MENTIONED HE SAID I. KNEW HOW TO DO THIS FROM. WATCHING TV. HE PULLED UP THE LEVEL. WE ARE TALKING PROBABLY A RANGE. OF THREE SECONDS WOULD BE. BETWEEN ME SMILING AT. "THE STORY" AND IS TALKING ABOUT. THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. >> Martha: OF OVER 170 PEOPLE. HE IS SUCH A HERO AND AS IS THE. COPILOT WHO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS STILL UNDER. INVESTIGATION BUT THE EARLY. UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAN.

WHO WAS STABBED HIMSELF MANAGED. TO UNHITCH THE COCKPIT DOOR AND. ALSO THAT HE WAS YELLING SO HE. WAS TRYING TO GET WORD OUT OVER. THE P.A. SYSTEM ON THE PLANE IN. ORDER TO ALERT PEOPLE ON THE. PLANE LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN TO. KICK INTO HIGH GEAR. RIGHT? >> THE CAPTAIN WAS THE ONE THAT. SAID THAT. IT WAS THE COPILOT THAT STABBED. HIM BUT THE CAPTAIN WAS LYING ON. THE FLOOR FULL OF BLOOD. FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE RIGHT NOW.

AND FULL OF BLOOD AND HE HAD. MANAGED WITH HIS FOOT APPARENTLY. TO KICK OPEN THAT LITTLE SWITCH. TO OPEN THE DOOR AND WHEN HE. WALKED IN THE ROOM, FIRST OF. ALL, HE SUBDUED THE TERRORISTS. OR WE WILL FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT. HE IS BUT HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE. ALL THE CONTROLS OF THE PLANE. AND THROW THEM INTO A JAM SO. THAT THE PLANE WOULD CRASH. AGAIN IT'S A HIGH PROBABILITY. THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE PLANE. AND BRINGING THE PLANE DOWN AND. WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S. ONGOING BUT WHAT'S NOT UP FOR.

INVESTIGATION IS THE BRAVERY OF. THE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANE. THEY ARE HEROES IN ISRAEL AND. ONCE AGAIN WE FIND ISRAELIS LIKE. THOSE HOSTAGES THAT CAME HOME. THAT WERE SO BRAVE. THE AVERAGE ISRAELI KNOWS. >> Martha: IT'S INCREDIBLE THE. WAY THAT HE KICKED IN AND SAVED. EVERYONE ON THIS PLANE. WE ARE LEARNING THE STORIES OF. OTHER HEROES AS WELL AND. OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO. UNDERSTAND, WE ALL WANT TO. UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MOTIVATION. WAS HERE OF HIS COPILOT AND.

WHETHER HE WAS WORKING ALONE. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT. WHETHER OR NOT HE IN THE PILOT, HAD THEY FLOWN TOGETHER BEFORE? WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THIS. COPILOT? HAD THEY BEEN WITH THE AIRLINE A. LONG TIME? WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> THE COPILOT WAS WITH THE. AIRLINE NOT FOR A VERY LONG. TIME, FOR LESS THAN ABOUT A YEAR. AND ISRAEL HAS AGREEMENTS WITH. ALL THE AIRLINES THAT IN ORDER. FOR A PILOT OR CREW TO BE COMING. INTO ISRAEL THEY NEED TO BE WITH. COUNTRIES THAT ISRAEL. RECOGNIZES.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT. WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. BECAUSE IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO. BRING IN PEOPLE WITH SOME SORT. OF RELATIONSHIP AND RIGHT NOW. THE PRIME MINISTER, I WAS WITH. HIM. WITH THE DEFENSE MINISTER AND. THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HEADS OF. ALL THE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS. ISRAELIS ARE ALL AROUND THE. WORLD TREAT THIS AS A HOLIDAY. SEASON AND THERE ARE A MILLION. ISRAELIS NOT INSIDE ISRAEL, THAT'S 10% OF THE POPULATION. WHICH MEANS NOT ONLY WRAPPING UP. SECURITY ON ISRAELI FLIGHTS BUT. IT MEANS RAMPING UP SECURITY ON. FLIGHTS THAT ARE NOT ISRAELI.

FLIGHTS AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS. PRIME MINISTER BECAUSE HE. ACTUALLY HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF. BEING IN A HOSTAGE RESCUE. OPERATION. HE WAS WITH SECURITY FORCES AND. HE CARRIED OUT A HOSTAGE RESCUE. HIMSELF. HE WAS SHOT AND INJURED AND HIS. BROTHER CARRIED OUT THE RESCUE. OPERATION AND HE WAS KILLED AND. THEREFORE HE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO. OPERATE OUR INTELLIGENCE. PERSONNEL AND WE ARE NOT GOING. TO MAKE SURE ISRAELI AIRLINES. ARE THE SAFEST BUT ALL AIRLINES. ARE SAFE WHEN FLYING TO ISRAEL.

>> Martha: WHAT CAN YOU TELL. US ABOUT THIS ATTACKER AT THIS. POINT? THE BIG QUESTION IS, AS WE HAVE. SEEN BEFORE, WE SAW A FLIGHT IN. EUROPE THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN BY A. CRAZY, UNBALANCED PILOT WHO. WANTED TO KILL EVERYONE ON THE. PLANE. IS THAT LOOKING LIKE WHAT THIS. SITUATION IS OR IS IT LOOKING. LIKE HE WAS CONNECTED AS A. TERRORIST POTENTIALLY TO A PROXY. NETWORK. ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WILL COME FROM THE INTERROGATION. QUEER DEBRIEFING ALL THE. PASSENGERS BUT THE INTERROGATION. OF THE TERRORIST WHO IS ALIVE IS. GOING TO BE THE KEY. HE IS IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE PRIME MINISTER DID SPEAK TO. VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE REGION. AND ISRAEL WILL BE A PART OF THE. INVESTIGATION DEALING DIRECTLY. WITH THAT TERRORIST. THE INTERROGATIONS, THE. DEBRIEFINGS AND WE WILL GET TO. THE BOTTOM OF THIS. WE HAVE MANAGED TO STRIKE WITH. THE LONG ARM OF ISRAEL REACH. IF THERE IS A TERROR MOTIVE.

BEHIND THIS PERSON, THEY SHOULD. PROBABLY SEEK COVER NOW BECAUSE. WE WILL FIND THEM AND THEY WILL. PAY. >> Martha: THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. SPOKESPERSON FOR ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND. VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE. ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS GRATEFUL. TODAY OBVIOUSLY FOR THESE HEROES. AND ALSO BEGINNING A MAJOR. INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED. HERE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. SO HAPPY THAT ALL OF THESE. PEOPLE ARE HOME.

>> LET'S ALWAYS HAVE GOOD NEWS. LI.