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。 2 @/ g1 ]$ O2 F) x; O* a 6 a0 y; E( h' s; X( g' B, D 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。) `2 [) K( y: b' p/ B5 ]
) ~; F8 c$ ?7 c 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。 - g( h* B/ L. z9 o! s9 f; c4 { 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。 : v' `6 {9 @/ Z$ q 2 w# K. H( M6 P. W# q; o; e {/ t* BNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast # @( F9 V$ U! h! F4 F2 N; x) B/ Y* H! u# I% n
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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. 9 R( v5 y2 ^; ?% F9 A( G6 Z * `! f' ^% u V0 h1 K3 w% _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. : ^" n2 Q8 t e; Z3 O; A7 R8 z' h8 Q$ T/ B
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 0 D& \6 O) U0 \9 w4 L" I* K4 O- M: u; M+ g$ E
McGuinn 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. u4 w9 q8 T( T/ w& R# l
9 Q2 e$ o2 j1 I0 q8 R1 D/ WBecause 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. . a; r8 q' B2 Y& I8 @( Y3 p/ F f& }
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. 2 b' @ f% I r( p) P5 e' u5 _ # [7 A" k' ]& c! l/ Y; d$ Z/ V"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." ; I. ] S% c9 V2 e, m ( K; _+ m* Z! m7 _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. , \+ ?9 W* f. Q/ x% j( w5 _" O( s # r9 H6 d# S8 K5 u$ V. W( h4 u[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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