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。 4 |# C: p/ t! J' m2 \# v) {! d4 v. j$ Q' ~( L6 `
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 U, L3 |# H9 k/ i# I' l j1 X. a1 o2 o" b- C; w
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。 - }' _- d; J% M" Q1 u$ _/ Y. U 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 n, t# ~3 y; V m1 b. l
+ H! Z, b5 ]# J& H7 wNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast& N1 a" z1 w$ s' o' j' g! S1 B& A
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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 `! o0 U, @6 f5 w+ Q# N) S% l( H8 \5 {8 a# p( Z- c! y9 [' @
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. * b7 _4 ?, I* {3 r$ D: R3 r- n' H5 ` " x) T$ R# ~& D2 c& bThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation." d" V k$ v! R2 @8 k; e
& o6 h8 K8 M9 P' v2 @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. : ]( P4 U+ w. i 5 Z! p: M( i7 m9 vBecause 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 X; z" s/ P# E 1 N: a4 R9 ?$ P7 t, \ qThey 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., Z) \' q5 _3 h, a' r
0 s3 y4 p- i+ B6 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."- }4 `, J2 ~7 N
2 E; i0 s4 }. @, v3 x1 xThe 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. - A9 j8 R) }$ i- P! Z, P% |! f" e 1 y7 U4 V% H; y: L1 }/ M6 Q[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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