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。 ' Z" q! \4 Y( W6 E6 ^/ F1 o # D( Y/ I9 u! a) R 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。# p1 ^! C: ]$ I5 L. z& Q
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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。 : c( b9 a( N) H: d, k- J 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。 " r) t+ b$ K# g8 {2 c: H, r Z4 L+ T6 T \2 w+ w
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast - S4 Q' E+ h( ] B9 Y( O$ C $ C5 q1 p. `, s* s: Y3 E. |Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained% e# F- d+ o8 \( b, Q3 @
" E# [6 x3 R$ e, j6 V: p1 p* M4 m2 B# ONORFOLK, 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.' [, F% P" l6 P, v) }: ~1 _
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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./ }! S3 E% h6 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.! K9 |& e9 K' k6 s. S P
, U, W3 ?4 D& Z& Y9 q4 T7 ?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. - v- m% _5 H% I' j/ U2 o2 t) d; V / P$ V0 o/ _: _' u6 W) K7 z( LBecause 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.. Q* ~0 L$ W6 i/ Y- h. M6 c& r) s
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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. - }" h! z) I4 z9 s v% ]+ E4 `; m5 Z 2 y- r- s4 P) {. ]/ x"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."* G$ {1 u. n; g2 t' ]* G4 o4 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. & d% g- E# ~! l( R9 X5 A( ^ % P3 S3 |2 A3 O* F$ d% x* W' R[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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