The Region - News from March 11, 1986

A B-1B bomber, its movable wings stuck in a swept-back position for high-speed flight and one of its four engines shut down, made an emergency landing at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert--at 276 m.p.h., officials said. The aircraft, on a training flight from Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Tex., traveled cross-country on only three engines. One was shut down during the flight when an engine warning light came on, Air Force spokesman Don Haley said. There were no injuries among the five crew members and the plane, which was unarmed, was not damaged, Haley said. The Rockwell-built plane was the first B-1B delivered to the Strategic Air Command last summer, Haley said. Haley said the 147-foot-long aircraft’s wings jammed over the Midwest at a 55-degree angle. “The wings should be at about 90 degrees from the fuselage when it lands,” Haley said. Air Force officials were investigating, Haley said.