# B% o3 ~% G; G% W8 j 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。 * S# z7 p/ B) G# H0 @ 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。 ) P+ f9 v8 e" {" l& X n1 K& K1 x9 Z9 N2 z6 [
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 1 I+ w4 |- E8 R+ R; N 5 w( g+ X4 i2 t \ B- x$ z' [( ORescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained + Y6 N f E. B Y! y/ m, _' e3 W6 O, {, @% P- M
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.1 e0 i2 O0 O3 f' d
6 E2 A/ |! }* S M- X/ SThe 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./ ~$ |( V4 p5 p) S* W1 {
4 U. N7 l/ y( U$ f+ tThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. . k& y$ g1 M, o' A6 q + u& d8 ]5 I: U) G9 p; w3 FMcGuinn 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.7 O4 p% i! N& C0 a& c
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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.3 I; g s8 Y" J+ b% n7 M& q; r
9 \0 o) @+ {, NThey 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.6 Q4 t9 w& x: @8 ?1 }
- B) Z5 t$ G# v; [9 |- n, M8 j$ N"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." * h0 }! H M* Y$ U7 Q; |% R4 i: ^0 B. a* i. Y$ [- V/ n
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. 6 u, t; C6 G2 z3 W ' h" e5 u9 X6 G3 V G( @; l[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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