Bruce Hadley

Bruce Hadley
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Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Hadley is a senior captain for Southern Airlines and a reserve officer in the US Air Force. He happened to be on-base at Keesler AFB when word came of the nearby hijacking of flight 111 when the flight crew was wounded. He rushed to the tower and talked Jennlynn Swift and Jeff Waldemer through the approach and landing.^MC31 His voice is heard on the TV telecast of events.^PUTP34

Col. Hadley had flown a Southern Airbus 300 many times, including SA111. He personally knew the wounded pilot Phil Specter and his copilot. At the press briefing that followed the landing he told his side of the story, the approach and landing phase especially. He had been tipped off to tell it a little slowly to buy the others some time to get ready to meet the press.^MC32

His actions as seen on TV are also seen from Dave Patterson's viewpoint.^PUTP34