Flight 1073 survivors US inquiry and Iran doubts

Oct 1

Nathan Guttman reports ABC's unnamed-source account that the alleged co-pilot intended to crash Flight 1073 into Tel Aviv and operated alone. He contrasts that account with Trump's earlier qualified suggestion of an Iranian link. Vance says he has seen nothing conclusive about Iran and says US procedures are being reviewed to keep known flight risks from piloting aircraft. Kan's narration says Trump's initial assessment is proving unfounded; that assessment and the anonymous-source claims remain attributed, with no final investigative finding established. The report includes CBS interviews with Daniel Schlichter, Tal Samuel, Zvika Manes and Asaf Rajuan about cockpit entry, restraining the attacker and another pilot recovering control. Dentist Shota Musaev recounts mutual lifesaving actions by the wounded captain and rescuers.

Asked whether the Flydubai pilot is linked to Iran, Trump says the answer, based on what he is hearing, is yes. Fox contrasts Netanyahu's statement five hours earlier that attribution is premature and says Iran's direct involvement remains unknown. Oded Ailam argues that even a lone attacker could be inspired by Iran. These are statements and hypotheses, not investigative conclusions. Kan's October 1 report airs the same White House question and qualified reply, reports a conditional warning of a strong response if Iranian involvement is established, and allows that Trump's assertion may be characteristic speculation. Officials are still investigating. The adjacent short TIME-strike reference remains context in the complete report rather than another supported event connection. The complete October 1 departure gaggle preserves Trump's repeated qualification that the investigation is ongoing. In Doocy's follow-up, Trump allows that the suspect could have been placed by the IRGC or otherwise radicalized, without confirming either possibility. Later, asked whether Iran would face retaliation if it were responsible, he says it would be hit very hard; his answer to whether the United States would act is indirect. No Iranian role, specific retaliatory order or completed strike is established. Kan's October 5 retrospective replays the same qualified Trump question and reply, then calls his initial Iran assessment unfounded in light of its anonymous-source lone-wolf account. Vance says he has seen nothing conclusive about an Iranian role. These are Kan's narration and Vance's qualification, not a new date for Trump's original remark or an established final attribution.