' y* Q6 L/ d1 j0 r 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。" M% ?' X( ^5 d" Z3 J( ^/ t
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。 ( d( G9 q1 e- M6 ]7 y% A' M2 ^ z# w* i& F' j c
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast / {. a9 p! t& ^$ w ) b d2 i6 w3 n6 W; q/ ]; V/ xRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained) F5 l$ ^! Y) c2 K/ ~0 P
3 [" d/ g4 y* X( [0 O- g) n! V3 cNORFOLK, 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. 3 [- p. n7 O$ ?; @; ^% a% A; T8 R% ^
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 l1 B, ~- M$ f
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. {$ `! G6 Y1 Q' b2 X# z! C
' D' R8 Y0 Q, K7 _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. 0 k1 P1 a I. D0 \ , F4 v c6 w8 {5 u! r1 }Because 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.+ m$ i% A W2 c# x; U
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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. 7 f, S* c3 s' S% g% u 2 v5 Y `7 F1 i"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." % M/ S4 v& x1 w2 t: y. z. l3 s: m, z( B- y; Q 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. 5 r% I9 y1 T. A$ B( B* X* B4 X" G: \, q $ j2 y. |2 }$ \/ `6 g D! y[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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