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。$ N0 N! J" S& x! v/ }) d
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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。5 Z; Q2 t/ ?/ v R9 @0 L# u: `
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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。4 }7 A. n# C6 o2 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。- f# F. s) {1 r! F# G; z
9 T3 W1 m7 @; y4 f5 bNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast ; A) _! J; q6 ^% [ . P5 T+ t' x" H# V% ?Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 6 N$ w" A- A+ n6 }8 S1 \, g/ g9 m 7 D/ ?, `% n1 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. 5 Z- Z" C1 q2 j" A5 M# Z4 O: I8 R7 C5 p7 g
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." b2 f, o' B9 A H% Z
% S0 v9 k. J* J1 K& IThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.( F. Y: t) {; F+ p' m# _3 H B+ S9 E3 R
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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. , c2 B0 O; S- L4 c- z1 @ - }: E4 \3 N# s) c! j) @% ~- _, xBecause 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. 5 \2 ` Y+ r5 ?! y% d' n" m& O5 j8 B( ^$ I5 d
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 f; Z# Z) ~5 { 4 N' S3 z! b j( `! ^! m"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." " H. k; H( G9 X. d; o4 w1 {' M O& T' h( W/ w- l
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. 4 z5 S$ f" ?# B& U& c3 r! X& ^+ C) j 6 k: Z8 W0 G9 E8 ]7 L, |0 p[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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