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。 ! f: `3 L9 |3 n2 `3 v! ` 7 J, k7 Z( o3 F( [1 h9 L 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 V" Y1 Z2 T" V* F2 ?! N& ?9 n7 g
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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。 1 n+ \! R$ K. F- M$ y% u* A; P 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。 9 [0 U! S" P( T4 R7 \6 u8 R3 L0 r% E' u
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast; J5 n5 C+ \' m% F+ C
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4 L; i. X( d& j* y) g2 { xNORFOLK, 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.2 K2 t. x! K- w Q. S: F& F
0 Z- q; W/ |* ?* xThe 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.4 L: @+ J! l- Q5 K, k5 \% F1 \8 g
7 n1 V* K! Q! g9 oThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ) N/ q. l+ k- X/ o ( q3 S! b) N Z9 T J! VMcGuinn 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. # N: K( i7 L# ^, K- Q . v+ V8 g+ e" pBecause 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 \! ?' H8 n1 l0 S* Q0 d$ G* r8 B1 N* a2 S9 \
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. 6 x. j0 S ]4 O$ C" H, j- P( x3 h& w! C; N1 m. c; x% k, ?
"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." 0 u$ ], ^1 e( E- [/ L7 l% q ) G$ z' ]0 c. a* k- F% {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. . v7 D8 p: i9 M }6 r2 G/ K/ T, ]0 W+ u, H; b[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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