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。* M4 }: ?4 g9 V. ]. N
3 r6 G o: E# A! g+ } 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。 9 W1 h' v* v+ l& B' ~4 |- V% T R1 H# 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。 & |4 G5 R' a1 D) x 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。* j& p/ o T/ ~
6 U6 k1 N, N3 I+ F+ c" vNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 2 c& p- {8 G- p' g% [, T 6 e7 I- d# F bRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 1 b7 x2 s, V ]% _) _" S0 V7 l) h# E5 ~
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 y3 b5 f; v; h7 P. |2 }0 \9 T) P1 h. t" L2 }) P( L) ]
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.* s1 k7 S5 E g! E. g' }# e8 ]
6 |$ f) a/ N' Y; `3 y$ N& `The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.8 N3 L; P2 }" J3 i9 F
1 O9 V0 ~0 |* a* n# Y- U! E2 lMcGuinn 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 `7 ~$ [/ |' N+ B+ A 2 Z7 I2 H' i4 H+ @# u3 Y# Q$ c( DBecause 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. 8 f. w t/ W) ?% h* D" R, N7 F! W6 v- }6 l. e. A+ W
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.6 C# Z9 E6 S. Z" r2 h3 k
# b& u! ~" e# l$ V6 ]4 _"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."+ N8 C3 M5 O# K
( m' Q W2 Q( I# A5 ^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. $ r& i1 P- L7 r, Z! P- s 7 L) x y$ L. r[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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