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U.A.E. opens investigation into FlyDubai cockpit attack · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: There are new developments as investigators look into the attack
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  Speaker 1: on board a fly Dubai flight to Tel Aviv that
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  Speaker 1: almost led to a disaster yesterday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu tells Fox News the co-pilot who attacked the captain
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  Speaker 1: and tried to crash the flight appears to have been radicalized.
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  Speaker 2: The attacker, the co-pilot who attacked the captain is now
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  Speaker 2: being interrogated. But here's what we do know. First, we
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  Speaker 2: know that He underwent Islamist radical indoctrination. That appears to
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  Speaker 2: be something we're gathering from the information, his personal information.
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu gave no further details. The Israeli Prime Minister is
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  Speaker 1: crediting one of the passengers who forced his way into
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  Speaker 1: the cockpit to subdue the attacker as the plane was
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  Speaker 1: plummeting through the sky. Netanyahu says the passenger grabbed the
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  Speaker 1: aircraft's control stick and pulled it up to keep the
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  Speaker 1: jet flying, something he learned from a TV show. Several
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  Speaker 1: other passengers are being celebrated as heroes, including the captain
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  Speaker 1: who managed to unlock the door to the cockpit after
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  Speaker 1: being repeatedly stabbed twice. so others could enter and help.
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  Speaker 1: And the CBC's Tom Perry is in Jerusalem and he's
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  Speaker 1: following the developments here. He joins us now live. So Tom,
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  Speaker 1: some extraordinary acts of courage. Tell us more about what
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  Speaker 1: we're learning about what happened on this flight.
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  Speaker 3: We are hearing some just incredible stories coming off this
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  Speaker 3: flight that must have been just so terrifying for the
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  Speaker 3: people aboard. You're flying anyone who's been on a plane.
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  Speaker 3: You're flying and all of a sudden the plane starts
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  Speaker 3: to shudder. You hear screaming up at the front of
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  Speaker 3: the cockpit. That's got to be terrifying. while just bone-chilling.
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  Speaker 3: And as these people were going through it, again, they
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  Speaker 3: showed these incredible acts of courage. You mentioned the captain
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  Speaker 3: of the flight fighting off the co-pilot who stabbed him
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  Speaker 3: and apparently tried to put the plane into the ground.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned the man, one of the people who stormed
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  Speaker 3: the cockpit. His name was Yaniv Hayun. He was a plumber.
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  Speaker 3: He seized control. He helped get the co-pilot, the attacker,
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  Speaker 3: out of the cockpit. He seized control of the plane
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  Speaker 3: from something he learned on TV, watching television shows about flight,
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  Speaker 3: pulled the plane into a more controlled position. And luckily
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  Speaker 3: there was a reserve team, a couple of other pilots
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  Speaker 3: on board the plane who were able to take over
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  Speaker 3: and land the plane in Saudi Arabia. So, again, just
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  Speaker 3: some incredible stories of courage coming out of there. You
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  Speaker 3: saw that at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv last night.
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  Speaker 3: When we landed, actually, we saw a fly Dubai aircraft
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  Speaker 3: parked on the tarmac. Not sure if that was the
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  Speaker 3: plane that was brought in to bring the families home.
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  Speaker 3: But you saw scenes last night of families of people
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  Speaker 3: who were aboard that plane Hugging them, embracing them just
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  Speaker 3: in relief, in joy that they survived this ordeal that
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  Speaker 3: could have ended so much worse.
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  Speaker 1: And now, Tom, we also have to be clear here
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  Speaker 1: that there's so much that we don't know. So tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit more about what's starting now. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the investigation into what happened here and what exactly
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  Speaker 1: they'll be looking at.
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  Speaker 3: There are still so many questions about how and why
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  Speaker 3: this happened. You heard Benjamin Netanyahu talking about this pilot
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  Speaker 3: undergoing radicalization, but he offered no details on what that means,
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  Speaker 3: when or how that might have happened. Israel's defense minister
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  Speaker 3: called this a jihadist attack, but the fact is, The
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  Speaker 3: investigation is really just getting underway. Benjamin Netanyahu, in an
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  Speaker 3: earlier interview with Fox News, said that Saudi Arabia was investigating,
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  Speaker 3: that the UAE, the United Arab Emirates was investigating, that
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  Speaker 3: Israel might get involved in that investigation as well. And
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the questions they'll be asking, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: why did the attacker launch this attack? How did this
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  Speaker 3: attacker get a weapon onto the plane? Is there, needs
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  Speaker 3: to be more stringent controls about police flight crews getting
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  Speaker 3: aboard a plane. So these are all answers that need
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  Speaker 3: to be found. I think, though, that as we've been saying,
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  Speaker 3: the one thing people do agree on at this point
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  Speaker 3: is that these passengers and particularly the captain of that plane,
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  Speaker 3: they acted together. They showed incredible courage under a very
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  Speaker 3: stressful situation and they really averted disaster.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, thank you for the latest on this. That is
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  Speaker 1: the CBC's Tom Perry in Jerusalem. Well, here is the
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  Speaker 1: scene in India, outside the family home of Captain Smith Machar.
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  Speaker 1: As we just heard from Tom, the flying Dubai pilot
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  Speaker 1: is being celebrated as a national hero. And the CBC's
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  Speaker 1: senior correspondent, Susan Ormiston, is in Mumbai, speaking with his
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  Speaker 1: friends and neighbours.
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  Speaker 4: Well, Mumbai is really bursting with pride today. Captain Smit
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  Speaker 4: Machar is an Indian national. He used to live in
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  Speaker 4: this apartment building until just four years ago. His extended
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  Speaker 4: family lives here. There was quite the scene outside this
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  Speaker 4: apartment block with lots of media and supporters wanting to
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  Speaker 4: speak to neighbors, wanting to really celebrate this man's legacy.
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  Speaker 4: accomplishment as a pilot. And we spoke to one of
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  Speaker 4: his neighbors, they're very close here in the apartment block,
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  Speaker 4: who spoke about the character of Machar.
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  Speaker 5: He's always been very jovial, very kind and very family oriented.
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  Speaker 5: And the kind of bravery that he has shown speaks
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  Speaker 5: volumes of his character. It's a testimony of what he's
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  Speaker 5: been trained for. And sometimes flying us don't do justice
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  Speaker 5: to the experience that a particular pilot may have. And
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  Speaker 5: it's a very proud moment for all of us.
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  Speaker 4: Many people reflecting on the mid-air near catastrophe where the
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  Speaker 4: captain was fending off an apparent stabbing attack by his
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  Speaker 4: co-pilot and somehow in the middle of that he managed
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  Speaker 4: to unlock the cockpit door, send emergency messages and finally
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  Speaker 4: some passengers and crew broke through that door and were
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  Speaker 4: able to really put down the co-pilot and attend to
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  Speaker 4: the injuries of the pilot. We know he is in
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  Speaker 4: a hospital in Saudi Arabia reportedly in stable condition and
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  Speaker 4: today the Prime Minister of India was really celebrating his
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  Speaker 4: heroism saying in the face of gravest danger and despite
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  Speaker 4: being seriously injured he showed immense courage and an unwavering
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  Speaker 4: resolve to protect the lives of others Modi said. Israel's
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  Speaker 4: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also calling him a hero saying
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  Speaker 4: he managed to save 174 lives including many Israeli citizens.
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  Speaker 4: We are waiting for more news about his condition as
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  Speaker 4: the day goes forward. There may be an update later.
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  Speaker 4: We know his wife has gone to Saudi Arabia. They
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  Speaker 4: lived in the Emirates with their two children because he
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  Speaker 4: was a pilot for Fly Dubai. His parents left here
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  Speaker 4: early this morning. neighbor we spoke to drove them partway
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  Speaker 4: to the airport said they were very emotional. I mean
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  Speaker 4: imagine them sitting here all day yesterday knowing their son
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  Speaker 4: was on that flight and they're very anxious to speak
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  Speaker 4: to him post-surgery. We also heard from a local MLA
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  Speaker 4: who of course is saying that his character reveals immense
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  Speaker 4: courage and bravery and here's what he said. He saved
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  Speaker 4: his name, his country's name.
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  Speaker 5: He saved.
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  Speaker 4: He told us that there will be a big celebration
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  Speaker 4: here in Mumbai once the captain is able to travel
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  Speaker 4: back here. Of course, he said it would be a
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  Speaker 4: complicated affair with Many countries involved, India, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates,
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  Speaker 4: and also Israel, as well as his company, Fly Dubai.
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  Speaker 4: But he says it will be a grand moment, and
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  Speaker 4: it's really lifted the spirits of all Indians watching this happen.
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  Speaker 4: Susan Ormiston, CBC News, Mumbai.