Jerusalem, Oct. 2 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that authorities were investigating whether the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attempting to crash the TelAvivi-bound flight with 174 people on board could have been "dispatched" by some third party, or was just an individual attempt, vowing that if there was a third party who sent him then they would "pay a very heavy price."The co-pilot of the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar and tried to crash the plane before being restrained by a group of passengers after the injured captain managed to open the door.

"As time passes, the picture is becoming clearer; the attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He came to crash the plane with its...