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。 . H3 B V5 U! D4 E9 l7 @, d. e. t _ {
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。 % {4 m8 |/ B7 }$ C3 I; D/ H 7 O& N# m) Y: ]/ @% f4 @" }3 O5 ^' 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。$ N& R0 G) w3 j- L$ s
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。 . _+ _6 A r4 b7 m6 N, ~- W1 ?4 c0 v% u: z9 T9 p' @; Y) y1 C
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast ( `. y/ [3 N8 O, k n$ K . S$ Z9 i# v& ~: B4 WRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained # X: T0 c* o, g: T, G" T6 Y! I" b! @, A
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.; ]4 ?; `0 A# ]
$ w5 t F( v2 T" D1 _& x# BThe 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.& Z2 i' s/ N- Q
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.$ d. _5 C' X3 C3 a# h
+ ?0 s! m- Z) T6 IMcGuinn 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.2 z& w$ n# ^# F- U% X
9 d8 v' U$ B7 _' @; aBecause 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. 9 [/ k6 G- I! O U ! x* \# o2 H* B3 ^! ?8 V2 iThey 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. ; I6 d5 y: T0 \1 g# `9 a - u$ Y% o: @" D0 t' ]3 r"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." 8 c$ @5 {0 [ s: N6 w# y: ` & v) W" e! V$ Y, c) @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. C% z$ L# f! ?" R5 G: W" { 1 C$ X9 w; U3 ~; U: b[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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