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。- t" X" I- B) w
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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。 7 m- x- C4 r9 Y' @% e. I- ?: T7 n! z$ a3 z) ^
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。 f) `3 v6 o ~0 A4 y7 R% 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。( j9 c S2 B9 B6 ~7 d
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Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 7 A; N1 |* c0 h( `0 ] / i* W4 _7 R) Y. dRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained , T& r% ^) L+ b. }' N, s7 n1 _8 Y
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. ' k( ~+ l+ q4 G' ]9 B. Z' p3 {, o/ r0 ~ G& D2 \& w; f5 k
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. 0 w0 ^3 n9 f9 g" E5 Y ' ~# }% c( C0 M5 \, f" e) h hThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.% u* y* `" J) X8 d8 e. _
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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. " R( v: O% }" I2 A) \ $ k U$ e6 _/ g" f! BBecause 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. $ W" M' ]7 A; M: H% z2 `# v- [- H @/ r! m6 n' S& }
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. ! F, P& i! E( K: g K% O. f& Q ) B0 K2 |7 E' _; H& p2 S"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."7 I; z! Q( M" [% [% v- }
$ \- D1 }: L2 ?; Q3 \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 v" Q* K w/ b: p/ b8 L$ g 6 j" ^0 r( ?1 c3 ]7 Y# c% J8 {* B[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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