" b" u9 I9 E. B3 H7 ^4 v. [ 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。3 O6 C5 x1 Q0 z& |' |
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 w8 Y3 L+ J0 c' V0 `. r/ U8 O" Y( g" v6 }* r; r' ?
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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. & h' Q5 @; d9 _+ v3 E+ p. \+ M7 R& F ( A! H. {$ o; A: H; i9 i) k7 GThe 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.+ K& V8 N9 m' A! V
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.. R5 C( W# O9 f, q$ ]
( X$ v/ x( ?7 }2 t3 n6 nMcGuinn 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. 4 a1 g* M, W/ r* W8 y( D & g# J& p7 G# O6 c8 KBecause 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 y0 G/ }; Q, v& d # k- U$ v4 L( m n% K/ n$ }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.0 G) c; P! ^6 B* I9 H0 i/ ^) `
# J( {6 T- @( K+ O; c4 n4 p8 }; t* b"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." / \( e, L4 ?: t+ w + M/ B1 M( \) {" V: yThe 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. & d7 {2 o) `/ E2 h$ g* h 3 p- S! F+ @0 P" P& X$ j[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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