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。* {' O& u, Q3 D# y- w" P& |
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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。 4 |0 s3 u: w1 B* ~6 @3 S7 p% I 3 S9 l2 `$ |: ]- |8 v: C) E 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。1 S, T2 ~! L% C
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。 ; n. ]! m5 E; p+ A1 B( h3 _ . Y1 ^4 f7 O) y, GNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast" ~1 Z% }) \3 X# K
) [$ @7 K9 [, f3 zRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 1 Z9 F% k, {1 \( P: |. l( W1 l: H 7 w( e9 {/ X( I& K$ \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. / i0 o' W* F9 B( h; G, H9 P% ^ ?% L; L: Z/ `4 z2 WThe 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." |% W8 o/ F- G+ ^6 I
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ! o( F( G3 q" i* c8 e! V7 ^! G# [' R' X" d) [" O
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/ e" r4 K) h
( V T$ z( {7 {, x; H0 fBecause 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. . i; a8 w9 N1 U- e 9 d f7 ?' }, S3 q* ZThey 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. * Z5 h- ?4 M7 A8 \4 i4 O9 d/ c/ C2 m4 C) n. ~
"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." , j- d7 \! T5 V5 m( H' m" G: E! R ' E9 n3 y3 l0 b( D' X4 }% ~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. ! A) M6 N+ M" o n* `& c8 x$ D ! ]: R4 J4 J$ S+ m5 n( |[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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