Shuttle Sparks Panic In Central America

From Information Week:

Endeavour's sonic boom over El Salvador sent residents into the streets and put local authorities on high alert.

The shuttle Endeavour made an unexpected course change during its landing approach to Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Sunday.

The maneuver allowed the craft to circumvent bad weather plaguing its normal route across the southern U.S., but it also sent unwary residents of Central America into the streets in panic.

Endeavour's sonic boom over El Salvador caused a stir not unlike what occurred in the wake of Orson Welles' infamous War Of The Worlds radio broadcast.

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