NEW: FlyDubai attack suspect was previously flagged for RADICAL VIEWS

>> ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IDENTIFYING. THE CO-PILOT, AL HAMAMI. INTENDED TO CRASH THE PLANE. THAT HELD PASSENGERS. THEY LOOKED INTO HOW THIS MAN. ENDED UP IN THE COCKPIT.

A NEWS REPORT HE WAS PREVIOUSLY. GROUNDED BY OMANI AIR BECAUSE. OF HIS VIEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS. MORNING. HOW DID THIS GUY WIND UP IN THE. COCKPIT? >> CHARLIE, GREAT QUESTION AND. THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE IS. DRILLING INTO. AGAIN, IT'S A TOUGH PROBLEM TO. DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING ON IN. SOMEONE'S MIND, NOT ONLY. PRESENT DAY, BUT IN THE PAST.

AND SO HOW SOME OF HIS HISTORY. ESCAPED THE VETTING TO PUT HIM. IN THAT POSITION, I'M SURE IT'S. GOING TO BE ONE OF THE LESSONS. LEARNED THAT EVERYONE WILL. FOCUS ON. BUT WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH. THIS PROBLEM FOR DECADES. WHO HAS BEEN RADICALIZED. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING AND WHAT. ARE THEIR THREATS AND INTENT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL. IS TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. ENSURING OUR PROCESSES AND OUR. PROCEDURES CAN UNDERMIND THOSE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS INTENT. CHARLIE: SO IT RAISES A LOT OF.

QUESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU. DO SUCH A THING. I UNDERSTAND THAT, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE PILOTS THAT GET MEDICAL. CHECKS. THEY GET--. THEY GO THROUGH SCREENING TO. MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. HOW DO YOU DETERMINE A PROCESS. TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER SOMEBODY. HAS BEEN RADICALIZED FOR LIKE. TURNING A PLANE INTO A SUICIDE. MISSILE? >> WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE. GOOD THINGS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN GO BACK OPEN SOURCE,

LINKEDIN AND THE OTHERS AND IF. THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ON. THE NETWORKS AND PURPORTING ON. THE IDEOLOGY, YOU CAN GET THAT. OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION AND. ALSO THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE. IN THIS CASE HE WAS BANNED BY. OMAN, WILL BE A QUESTION WHY. WAS THAT INFORMATION NOT. AVAILABLE. HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO ADMIT IT? WAS THAT NOT PART OF THE. PROCESS TO ASSURE THAT THAT. INFORMATION IS SHARED BETWEEN. COUNTRIES. SO THERE'S LOTS STILL TO BE.

UNCOVERED HERE ABOUT THE ROOT. OF THE PROBLEM WAS HOW DID THIS. GUY GET IN THAT SITUATION AND. WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT. NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. NOT ONLY IN THE SCREENING, BUT. IN THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF. THE AIRCRAFT. AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PLANE. THAT DAY. CHARLIE: IT IS QUITE A MIRACLE. THAT THE PLANE DIDN'T. DISINTEGRATE IN THE MIDDLE OF. THAT DEEP DIVE. >> OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. THE WHOLE THING IS A MIRACLE. AND HERE IS THE IMPORTANT.

THING, AND THIS IS SAID. PREVIOUSLY, I'M ALWAYS. CONCERNED, YOU'VE GOT TWO OR. THREE GUYS IN THAT COCKPIT, GUYS OR LADIES WHO CONTROL THE. LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND. YET, THEY'RE BARRICADED IN FOR. THEIR PROTECTION. IS THAT THE RIGHT STRATEGY? WHAT SAVED THE DAY HERE ARE. THESE PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO. GET INTO THAT COCKPIT. IF THAT CO-PILOT HAD NOT BEEN. ABLE TO OPEN THAT DOOR, THEY. WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN DOOMED. SO IS THAT THE BEST POLICY AND. STRATEGY FOR ENSURING THE. SAFETY OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE.

PLANE? SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING. TO COME OUT OF THIS, NOT JUST. IN SCREENING, BUT PROCEDURES. CHARLIE: AS YOU MENTIONED THE. PILOT WAS STABBED, HE WAS. INJURED FOR ALL HE KNEW HE WAS. DYING AND HE MANAGED TO, WITH A. FREEHAND, REACH UP DURING THAT. DESCENT AND UNLOCK THE DOOR. WHICH ALLOWED THE OTHER PEOPLE. TO COME IN. CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION, THE VERY GOOD QUESTION YOU JUST. ASKED, WHAT IS THE BEST. STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING THE. COCKPIT, BUT ALSO, ALLOWING FOR.

THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET IN IN A. CASE WHERE THEY NEED TO? >> WELL, I THINK THEY'RE GOING. TO HAVE ENSURE THERE'S ACCESS. TO THE COCKPIT IN EXTREME. SITUATIONS LIKE WE REQUIRE, A. U.S., A FLIGHT MARSHAL, SOMEONE. ON BOARD WHO IS ENSURED. RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY THAT. HAS THAT ACCESS AND THAT. ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO WE COULD THROW A LOT OF. IDEAS ON THE TABLE, BUT THAT'S. ONE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. TO LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY, IS.

THERE A GLASS DOOR SO THEY CAN. SEE THE THREAT IN? THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO SKIN. THIS CAT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE TWO. OR THREE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. AND THAT'S THOUSANDS OF TIMES A. DAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. TIGHTEN UP THE SECURITY. MEASURES. CHARLIE: I HOPE THAT THE RIGHT. LESSONS ARE LEARNED FROM A NEAR. TRAGEDY LIKE THI.