Astronauts were told to prepare for landing at the Kennedy Space Center as early as 7:34 a.m.

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In the cabin, flight attendants worked to calm passengers and prepare them for a crash landing.

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Wounded in France in the first world war, he became an intelligence officer in Tangier in 1942-43 and helped prepare the ground for the Allied landing in north Africa.

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