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。% K/ U& I9 v' h# H
. L6 |/ s) g1 ]7 A3 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。1 x5 k0 W; F! ]# K' G+ X0 {2 c) Y
' I* x& Y' y/ B7 ~' c& G8 `7 a5 G 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。 7 C7 ?1 o' c) k% |, I: b& A 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。 3 Q9 T7 t6 J4 _/ M4 W$ \ $ `' H/ f, J1 L0 y) S. aNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast' F* g! r7 t2 E- A# ~
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 5 T# A$ A2 }2 W& x + B7 h; m" M& D; v+ \, w: Q% INORFOLK, 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. % `/ E" R3 y" c+ U6 n' i$ Y. N( p y) E8 Z1 [ _: m1 rThe 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. * _. u& o- `: W' B 2 j' B6 N' S0 }/ ^ hThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 3 N9 G, M3 ~; g 2 ?4 \$ R: h8 u1 s# m* JMcGuinn 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. ; F/ X- a- O6 y. Y" B& K # F- F+ |0 q* m) F9 jBecause 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.7 N* z7 T/ |: K# S4 |! ]
T! p6 Z4 h4 W% X& N+ G7 FThey 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." Y- P; N* R. a6 H7 a
$ J# k% F' v& @% n( y+ A"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."' f- M, x! u+ p; e
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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. ; ?# _) C1 M- m% R# G* N3 L " \: L+ d- d$ d' P$ {! H[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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