UAE prosecutors to seek death penalty against FlyDubai co-pilot: Report

. >> Martha: I'M CONCERNED. THANK YOU. NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE. CO-PILOT ACCUSED OF TAKING THE. CAPTAIN OF A FLIGHT TO ISRAEL IN. MIDAIR WAS IN THE COCKPIT. OMANI NATIONAL GOT THE JOB WITH. FLYDUBAI AFTER OMAN AIR BANNED. HIM FROM FLYING BECAUSE OF. CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE EXTREMIST. VIEWS. INVESTIGATORS IN UAE, WHERE THE. FLIGHT TOOK OFF SAY HE. ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO PULL THIS.

ATTACK IN JULY BUT DECIDED THEN. NOT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST REPORT ON THE LATEST FROM. TEL AVIV. HI, TREY. >> Trey: MARTHA, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE. CO-PILOT ON THE FLY FLIGHT IS. RAMPING UP THIS WAS AN ATTEMPTED. TERROR ATTACK AND REPORTS. INDICATE THEY MAY SEEK THE DEATH. PENALTY. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IN A.

MINUTED AND HE USED KNOWA AX IN. THE ATTACK THAT MAY HAVE OPINION. IN THE COCKPIT. HE HAD BEEN BANNED FROM FLYING. IN OMAN DUE TO EXTREMIST VIEWS. ISRAELI PASSENGERS HELPED THIS. MIRACLE ANDIN INTENSE. INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE PLACE. THERE WILL BE AN INTENSE. INVESTIGATION. RIGHT NOW NOBODY HONESTLY KNOWS. WAS HE TIED TO A FOREIGN ENTITY. OR DID HE ACT ON HIS OWN?

THE POINT IS HE ACTED, IT WAS A. TERRORIST ACT, HE WOULD HAVE. DIED TOO, HE DID NOT CARE. >> Trey: QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT. THE VETTING PROCESS. ESPECIALLY GIVEN FACT ISRAELIS. HAD A FLIGHT MANIFEST BEFORE THE. PLANE TOOK OFF. AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATORS ARE. LOOKING TO TIES TO THEIR COUNTRY. WHERE HE ATTENDED UNIVERSITY. HE VISITED CERTAIN MOSQUES AND.

MULTIPLE EXTREMIST WEBSITES. NO LINKS HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED. DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP. DISCUSSING POSSIBLE TIES. THE CAPTAIN OF THE FLIGHT WHO. HELPED SAVE LIVES OF 170 PEOPLE. IS BEING HAILED A HERO. >> I WANT TO HAVE CAPTAIN SMITH. AND PRIME MINISTER MODI, GREAT. FRIENDS, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO. BEAR A CELEBRATORY FLAME, HIGHEST HONOR ON OUR.

INDEPENDENCE DAY, USUALLY FOR. ISRAELI CITIZENS. I THINK IN THIS CASE, ALL. CITIZENS OF ISRAEL WILL EMBRACE. YOU. >> Trey: REPORTS INDICATE THE. CO-PILOT MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO. TAKE CONTROL OF.