5 Q+ z9 g# j" N' N- G 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。 D$ c4 R3 D! d4 ]& t% Y, U1 u! v
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。 0 v) [- g J" }& d2 b7 ^ ! q5 p6 u) J/ h0 ~, z' SNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast5 x, V* r, b% w/ E5 G* ~" o
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained , l1 ?3 @: o1 v4 j; I & m/ R3 u6 w$ |3 ^) [0 s: G& L0 o& wNORFOLK, 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.1 A d- ~& R+ \- i
& v! w3 G6 }: {% G; xThe 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. 5 j$ C" D7 A. n9 G& h - _6 x* Z9 E' t% S. _/ A! t: HThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. % u. `% J/ n2 U: R/ X* [9 A # L( F. Y5 C: s- tMcGuinn 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.- u) v( W, U7 H$ w
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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. " p5 [3 G$ z. n6 E- w: b6 _ ) I- X3 F/ E) k# d4 G4 a4 J# p7 p"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."1 a) g5 B8 e7 l
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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. 5 g# [7 y0 p2 f t" Y + u8 W! U* U7 d[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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