This is the biggest 'unknown' in thwarted plane hijacking

H. THE LATEST, THANK YOU. >> John: THAT IS CERTAINLY. FRIGHTENING. WE ARE STILL AWAITING A. CONFIRMED MOTIVE BEHIND THE. SUSPECTED HIJACKING ATTEMPT. ABOARD AN ISRAELI BOUND FLIGHT, LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT JEFF PAUL. HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY. ALL DAY. ANYTHING NEW? >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THE. BIGGEST UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW IN. EVERYONE'S MIND IS WHY THIS. PILOT DECIDED TO ATTACK THE. CAPTAIN OF THIS AIRCRAFT AND. MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT WERE HIS. INTENTIONS BEHIND IT? THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH UNDER.

INVESTIGATION. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO. ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL. KATZ, HE'S CALLING IT AN. ATTEMPTED JIHADIST TERRORIST. ATTACK. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU ISN'T. CALLING IT TERRORISM YET BUT HE. DODOES SAY THE ATTACKER HAD ONE. INTENTION AND THAT WAS TO CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT. NETANYAHU SAYS DURING THE FLIGHT. AS THEY WERE APPROACHING ISRAEL, ONE OF THE PILOTS STABBED THE. OTHER PILOT. THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOW. CREDITING ISRAELIS WHO WERE ON. BOARD WHO STEPPED UP TO SUBDUE. THE ATTACKERER AND BRING SOME. ORDER TO ALL THAT CHAOS.

MEANWHILE FLYDUBAI SAYS THERE. WAS AN ON DUTY CREW TRAVELING IN. THAT FLIGHT WHO EVENTUALLY TOOK. CONTROLS OF THE PLANE AND HELPED. LAND IT SAFELY IN SAUDI ARABIA. THAT PLANE HAS SINCE RETURNED TO. TEL AVIV A. SHORT TIME AGO. WE ARE ALSO LEARNING U.S. ATTORNEY TODD BLANCHE, ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE. SAYS HE'S COORDINATING VERY. CLOSELY WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS. OVERSEAS INCLUDING ISRAEL OVER. THE FLYDUBAI INCIDENT. BUT DHS SECRETARY. MARKWAYNE MULLIN SAYS CURRENTLY. THERE ARE NO CREDIBLE THREATS. AGAINST THE U.S. RIGHT NOW.

LOCAL MEDIA HERE IN ISRAEL IS. REPORTING THAT NETANYAHU WILL BE. HOLDING A CALL WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP SOMETIME IN THE. NEXT HOUR OR TWO. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT. NETANYAHU HAS SPOKEN WITH.