Trey Yingst: This is a 'MAJOR UPDATE'

P. ON "AMERICA REPORTS" IN THE NEXT. TWO HOURS. BUT FIRST THIS. >> THEY HAD TO TIE HIS HANDS. THEY USED THE CORD OF THE. EARPHONES IN THE COCKPIT. TALK ABOUT IMPROVIZATION. IT LOOKS VERY LIKELY THAT HE WAS. GOING TO DOWN THE PLANE WITH ALL. THE PASSENGERS IN THERE. >> LOOKING FROM THE WINDOW I. COULD SEE THE DESERT AND THE. GROUND GETTING CLOSER TO ME. I UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE'S A VERY.

BIG CHANCE WE WILL LOSE OUR. LIVES. >> SUDDENLY THAT AIRPLANE JUST. FELL DOWN. IT W WAS REALLY PANICKED. THIS MOMENT WE REALLY ALL. THOUGHT AND FELT THIS IS OUR. LAST MOMENTS. >> John: HARROWING NEW DETAILS. FROM INSIDE THE ISRAEL BOUND. FLYDUBAI FLIGHT WHERE MID-AIR. COCKPIT HIJACKING ATTEMPT LEFT. 174 LIVES HANGING IN THE. BALANCE. THE PRESIDENT TELLING FOX NEWS.

IRAN MAY BE LINKED TO THAT. COPILOT. I'M JOHN ROBERTS IN WASHINGTON. SANDRA, IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. >> Sandra: ANOTHER. BREAKING NEWS AFTERNOON. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, JOHN. I'M SANDRA SMITH IN NEW YORK. THIS IS PAT. INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING FOR. REASONS WHY THAT COPILOT STAFF. THE CAPTAIN, SENDING THAT PLANE. INTO A TERRIFYING NOSEDIVE AS IT. LOST NEARLY HALF ITS ALTITUDE IN. JUST 30 NIGHTMARISH SECONDS. >> John: THE SUSPECT A OMANI. NATIONAL IN SAUDI CUSTODY. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS THE MAN.

HAD UNDERGONE A RADICAL ISLAMIST. INDOCTRINATION AND REPEATEDLY. YELLED "KILL ME" AFTER BEING. RESTRAINED. FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR REBECCA. HEINRICH END. >> Sandra: LET'S GET TO OUR. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. TREY YINGST REPORTING LIVE FROM. TEL AVIV FOR US. TREY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MAJOR UPDATE FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO JUST GAGGLED. IN WASHINGTON TELLING FOX NEWS. IRAN MAY BE LINKED TO THE. COPILOT THAT TRIED TO HIJACK THE. PLANE OVER SAUDI ARABIA.

WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS. ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TELLING FOX. NEWS SOME FRESH INFORMATION. ABOUT THIS UNIDENTIFIED MAN. EARLIER TODAY. >> I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY. WHETHER HE HAD ANY CONNECTIONS. WITH IRAN OR ANYONE ELSE. IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT VERY. DEFINITELY, FAIRLY DEFINITIVELY, NOT FAIRLY. I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY. IT DEFINITIVELY WITHIN A MATTER. OF DAYS. >> AFTER THE COPILOT STABBED THE.

CAPTAIN THE JET PLUNGED MORE. THAN 14,000 FEET IN 37 SECONDS. THE INJURED PILOT HAD THE. WHEREWITHAL TO OPEN THE COCKPIT. DOOR, AVERTING DISASTER. THAT'S WHEN PASSENGERS JUMPED. INTO ACTION MAKIKING THEIR WAY. INTO THE COCKPIT, SUBDUING THE. PILOT WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO. CRASH THE JET. ONE OF THE FOUR ISRAELIS THAT. TOOK DOWN THE COPILOT. GETTING A CHANCE TO STABILIZE. THE PLANE BEFORE IT CRASHED. >> HE TRIED TO DO A 9/11 IN. ISRAEL. THANK GOD WE OVERCAME THE.

SITUATION. SPEAKER WHAT WERE THE INITIAL. MOMENTS LIKE ONCE YOU WERE ABLE. TO GET THE ATTACKER OUT OF THE. COCKPIT? HOW WAS THE PLANE STABILIZED? >> IN THAT MOMENT, THE PLANE WAS. 90 DEGREES TO THE SURFACE. PEOPLE SHOUTING, FALLING BECAUSE. OF THE G PRESSURE. >> WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO ACT IN. THAT MOMENT? >> IN THE END, YOU'RE GOING TO. SURVIVE, TRY TO SURVIVE AND.

RESCUE YOUR FAMILY OR DIE. AND WE ARE AS ISRAELIS, WE DON'T. HAVE AN OPTION. THIS IS IN OUR DNA. YOYOU RUN INTO THE FIRE. YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE THEM. I HAVE THREE GIRLS. MY DAUGHTERS. 11, SEVEN, 6 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE SHOUTING "WE DON'T. WANT TO DIE!

FATHER, WE DON'T WANT TO DIE! "VERY EMOTIONAL. VERY TRAUMATIC MOMENTS. >> THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. INCIDENT IS ONGOING BUT IF IT'S. CONFIRMED THAT IRAN IS LINKED TO. THE COPILOT THERE COULD BE AN. ISRAELI RESPONSE ACCORDING TO. REGIONAL SOURCES DID WE KNOW. THAT FLYDUBAI HAS CANCELED ALL. INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLIGHTS. >> Sandra: THANK YOU. >> John: REBECCAH HEINRICHS, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE IDEA. THERE MAY BE A NEXUS BETWEEN THE. COPILOT AND IRAN. >> IRAN IS THE WORLD'S LEADING. SPONSOR OF TERRORISM. EVEN AS THE UNITED STATES. DEGRADES MILITARY CAPABILITIES. THERE'S AN IDEOLOGICAL COMPONENT. ALIVE AND WELL SO THE FEAR HAS. ALWAYS BEEN THAT EVEN AS IRAN. STRUGGLES AND IS WEAKENED, IT. CAN STILL INSPIRE OR EVEN DIRECT. OTHER TERRORISTS TO COMMIT ACTS. OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WESTERNERS. >> John: WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY.

DEFINITIVE. IT COULD BE AN ISIS INSPIRED, IN. IRAN-INSPIRED THING OR MAYBE. THIS GUY DID HAVE CONTACTS WITH. THE IRGC, YOU NEVER KNOW. THE NETWORK IS FAR AND WIDE. >> IT'S A REMINDER THAT THERE'S. LIMITS TO WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN. DO. GOVERNMENTS CAN WEAKEN THE. TERRORIST REGIMES BUT IT'S STILL. GOING TO BE UP TO EVERYDAY. CITIZENS OF THE WEST TO HAVE THE. COURAGE AND WHEREWITHAL AND. PRESENCE OF MIND TO MAKE THAT. DECISIONS LIKE THESE COURAGEOUS. ISRAELIS MADE AND THE INDIAN. NATIONAL WHO WAS THE PILOT WHO. HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO OPEN. THE DOOR AND HIT THE ALARM SO.

THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD COME TO. HIS RESCUE. IT'S THAT KIND OF COURAGE AND. BEHAVIOR THAT'S REALLY GOING TO. SAVE THE DAY. >> John: THE PILOT HAS GOT TO. BE A HERO OF ISRAEL. WE WERE TALKING AS WE WERE. LISTENING TO TREY REPORT. ISRAEL REALLY IS ALMOST A. WARRIOR CULTURE. EVERYBODY IS PREPARED TO GO INTO. THE FIRE. >> IT'S A WARRIOR ETHOS. IT'S A SMALL COUNTRY PEOPLE WHO. LOVE LIFE. THEY ARE UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK. FROM MULTIPLE FRONTS. IT REMINDS ME OF THE COURAGE AND. WHEREWITHAL OF OUR OWN TODD. BEAMER ON SEPTEMBER 11. YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE COUNTRY.

ESSENTIALLY WHO'S BEEN TRAINED. FOR THAT. THEY ARE READY TO SEIZE THE. MOMENT AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR. LOVED ONES. >> John: DON'T FORGET THEY ARE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A VERY. DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH. THREATS AND HATRED ALL AROUND. THEY LISTEN TO WHAT. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID ABOUT. THIS IDEA OF HATRED AGAINST. ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES FOR. THAT MATTER. >> THE ATTACKER, HE OBVIOUSLY. HATED ISRAELIS BECAUSE HE WAS. GOING TO KILL ABOUT 170 OF THEM. ON THIS PLANE, KILLING HIMSELF. TOO. THAT IS FANATICISM AND HATRED OF.

AN INCALCULABLE LEVEL BUT THAT'S. WHAT WE ARE FACING. THAT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE WESTERN. WORLD AND AMERICA ARE FACING. >> John: IT'S LIKE THAT. EPISODE OF THAT SERIES "LIONESS". WORTHY RUSSIAN HEAD OF SPECIAL. SERVICES SAYS TO ZOE SALDANA. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE HOW MANY. PEOPLE HATE YOU. SPEAK OF THE POWER OF IDIDEAS AD. INCLUDING REALLY, REALLY. TERRIBLE AND VIOLENT ONES. THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT. IS YOU DON'T WANT THIS ATTEMPTED. TERRORIST ATTACK TO THWART THE. GREAT PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE.

BETWEEN THE UAE AND ISRAEL PART. OF THE REASON THIS PLANE WAS. TRAVELING FROM UAE TO ISRAEL IS. BECAUSE OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. AND FLYDUBAI, THIS AIRLINE HAS. REALLY BEEN A SYMBOL OF THE. PROGRESS OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. BECAUSE AFTER THE GENOCIDAL. ATTACKS ON OCTOBER 7TH AGAINST. ISRAEL, FLYDUBAI KEPT FLYING AND. WAS REALLY A LIFELINE FOR. ISRAELIS TO GET OUT OF ISRAEL. AND FLY ACROSS THE WORLD. RIGHT NOW FLYDUBAI HAS TAKEN A. PAUSE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION OF. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS. PARTICULAR PILOT BUT OF COURSE. THE HOPE IS THAT THEY'LL. CONTINUE TO GET BACK INTO.

FLYING. >> John: THERE WERE SO MANY. FAMILIES ON THE PLANE, THEY WERE. ON VACATION IN DUBAI. MAYBE THEY WENT TO THE ATLANTIS. WATER PARK WITH THEIR KIDS AND. THEY GOT ON THE PLANE TO FLY. BACK HOME AND THIS HAPPENS. ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE RAF. FAIRFORD ASSUMED TERROR PLOT. APPARENTLY A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN. WITH DUAL U.K.-IRANIAN. CITIZENSHIP WAS ARRESTED IN THE. WESTMINSTER SECTION OF LONDON. SURPRISE TO YOU THERE APPEARS TO. BE SOME SORT OF IRANIAN. ASSOCIATION THAT THE. PRIME MINISTER SAID AS MUCH. YESTERDAY? >> IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO ME. IT REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF.

THE UNITED STATES TO CONTINUE TO. HAVE CLOSE INTELLIGENCE. COOPERATION WITH OUR ALLIES. ESPECIALLY AS THE UNITED STATES. STARTS TO DRAW DOWN ITS PHYSICAL. MILITARY PRESENCE ACROSS THE. MIDDLE EAST LIKE WE ARE NOW OUT. OF IRAQ. THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO. HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THE. INTELLIGENCE THAT WE WERE. GETTING THERE WITH OUR ALLIES. THAT INCLUDES THE U.K. >> John: I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE. FIVE OF THEM ARE OUT ON BAIL. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF. THE SIXTH H H E.