1.   Startled residents at first feared the worst.

2.   Police got dozens of calls from startled residents.

3.   Business leaders in Guayaquil had called for the tough measure after a crime wave in recent weeks startled residents.

4.   Startled residents said the plane clipped overhead electricity wires, smashed a wing on a power pole and crashed into a tree.

5.   Startled residents ran out of their houses.