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。 % d( q' H! F* S: G 7 f# Q: c0 r9 u0 A3 \7 ]8 e 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 t s9 K8 M: l2 b+ ^ H' q$ M- C6 t. @
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。 ' E5 f+ _( U* @+ f5 \% I+ E" b+ N 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。) B6 t4 d4 z R. H0 Q
( } M$ V% Y9 ? Z( U" PNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast , }. y. X, G* |8 c+ a b 5 ~1 x V3 M0 [. `/ Q9 I' @Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained- j5 ^ R3 m0 }; T3 Y: \+ C2 `2 e! ?
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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." Y. K6 j) S" k' P6 ?
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The 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. / R3 T; K4 S# `" ^5 y * S! ?0 M( {- m; c* S: I4 gThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.8 Q" A) \' |2 E' I6 J! V& `
8 @, E7 I8 X6 \: m" ]& A4 F2 QMcGuinn 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. ' b4 L( h3 J/ H3 O& i2 c9 g2 u8 {! N U+ Y& m
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.& a7 Y# r) C9 \6 }& f( [
# f7 @5 B- T5 C8 u1 o) V- ~ bThey 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.: z2 F) m H2 J5 K) ?+ r( u
/ I- \$ t+ A1 Z; s- P, K"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." / A$ O) p$ w: {4 T9 N/ C & e: g+ _$ q7 u" e) jThe 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. , c/ s; a/ T, l 0 S* m, ?1 O' k0 k1 y[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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