ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE, STILL A TOTAL MYSTERY: Thwarted Hijacker Underwent ‘Islamist Radical Indoctrination,’ Netanyahu Says.

The pilot who was narrowly prevented from hijacking a passenger jet en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday underwent “Islamist radical indoctrination,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The FlyDubai pilot, an Omani national who has not yet been identified, stabbed his co-pilot and tried to seize control of the jet, which was filled with Israeli passengers.

“We know that he underwent Islamist radical indoctrination,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News, citing information Israel has learned during its investigation. The prime minister did not reveal any additional details.

A fellow pilot told Israel’s Channel 16 journalist Yosef Yisrael the attacker was “someone characterized by very strange behavior, especially around religious observances that were out of step with his surroundings.”

“For instance, he used to pray a lot, and would not shake hands with women,” the pilot — who spoke to Yisrael on the condition of anonymity — said.

In 2012, Denzel Washington starred in Flight, about an airline pilot who heroically lands a crash-diving MD-80 full of passengers, but is later discovered to be an alcoholic. At what point does an airline notice that one of its captains is in the throws of Sudden Jihad Syndrome?