[国际新闻] 美国载有140人的潜艇一度失踪十小时

日月光

一艘载有大约140名官兵的美军潜艇，在佛罗里达州对开海域游弋时，一度与美军控制中心失去联络。海军担心潜艇沉没，于周二晚启动应变机制，派出战机和船只进行大规模的搜索行动，到14日清晨终于发现它的踪影，证实只是虚惊一场。当局现正调查潜艇一度失去联络10个小时的原因。
- q' ?; ]$ M4 _7 a, ^
% S# x  l6 w5 o4 @+ l  R9 A2 ^　　海军证实，已于14日早上重新与一度失踪的洛杉矶级潜艇圣胡安号取得联络，并确定潜艇并无出现重大问题。潜艇上的无线电通讯系统可能出现故障，才引发这宗事故。据美国哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）报道，事发时，一支航空母舰战斗群和三艘潜艇正在佛州对面100哩的海域，进行演习，圣胡安号扮演敌军潜艇的角色。突然，有人见在海上闪出红光。传统上，这是潜艇发出求救讯号的方式。
0 e# u; P" c" u  f4 D5 Z; K1 Srs238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 c. `# ?- j0 O$ V  k- w8 n5 V7 R
　　航空母舰战斗群上的指挥官马上尝试与三艘潜艇联络，两艘作出响应，但圣胡安号却失去踪影。在美国东岸时间14日凌晨3时半，位于维珍尼亚州的诺福克潜艇中心发出一段罕有的重要讯息：潜艇沉没！由于事态严重，国防部长罗伯特．盖茨也接获通知，军方高层整晚留意事态发展。海军也开始派人通知圣胡安号上140名官兵的家人。
1 ^6 ]& H. M2 \7 R2 A　　到清晨5时许，控制中心才与圣胡安号再次取得联络，各方都松一口气。由13日晚7时至翌晨5时，圣胡安号与外界失去联络十小时。派驻艇上的军官表示，所有人都安然无恙，根本不知道发生了这件事。当局正调查引致这宗事故的原因，并安排于15日与其中三十名军人家眷见面，向他们作出解释，保证圣胡安号运作正常和安全。美国对上一次发生严重的潜艇事故是39年前，即1968年，潜艇蝎子号在美国东北部对开海域沉没。
! u6 _' y4 g  ?5 v+ U* Mrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; E* E. @. W! ?0 K. Q5 v0 O
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast4 U4 T* l/ o: X

' h; c' q" \9 t7 u/ [, J  x" `Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained
/ K# ?( a& b- C1 l% V* M7 a; _人在德国 社区, {; h- x9 D+ {- j4 n5 P
NORFOLK, Va. -- The Navy said it lost communication with a submarine off the Florida coast for several hours Tuesday night and began rescue efforts before communications were re-established early Wednesday.
7 `" g) ~5 s- t5 y, a0 p
* l. n7 g: j3 M( L" {5 O( k$ dThe Naval Submarine Force said in a statement that there were no problems with the USS San Juan, a Los Angeles class submarine is based in Groton, Conn.
6 u0 x. `2 g$ B3 r5 Vrs238848.rs.hosteurope.ders238848.rs.hosteurope.de  G1 I  ^7 Z( E/ V4 {1 c
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.
( s5 a, L. A: N- c* W, brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
- l7 F; @* N7 ~7 b0 S+ ZMcGuinn said units of the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group saw a red flare in the vicinity of the missing submarine Tuesday night and activated missing submarine procedures.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de- O) X/ @0 g# z

5 i2 ?6 `+ I* L) [4 w人在德国 社区Because the Navy maintained communications with two other subs in the area and observers spotted the signal flare, commanders believed the San Juan had gone down.
/ S% T( W. p* O3 H人在德国 社区( J/ j% R; @% c+ z9 P
They began search-and-rescue missions, alerted the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office and notified crew members’ families about the possibility of a lost submarine, officials said.
8 X' [* L' q! {# Jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de+ y1 `0 z/ Q8 x! Q  f3 b6 }0 W
"We had a false alarm," Lt. Cmdr. Chris Loundermon, public affairs officer at submarine force headquarters in Norfolk, told Navy Times. "We're investigating the details of what happened."人在德国 社区: \  H5 S2 m0 S; o
: d6 M0 L2 k( l8 |! ?; v# R- r
The initial reports went to the top of the chain of command: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were notified.
2 _5 p9 J& X# z- N2 d- qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.ders238848.rs.hosteurope.de0 q7 q: ]. N8 |- B9 S, i* t3 p
[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]