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。 w8 X& O5 d' }5 _- W+ a* ^
8 q+ h0 V: t* u* v/ w! \ 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。' |& l" Q# q# [+ |2 }
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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。 & I) o) h9 [0 H$ \9 ` 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。 & ~7 Y9 h" h6 p0 e% ^$ k " i9 v, Y( `. T! V' ~Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast , o' l' F; g0 M2 g7 ^$ i: Z. V6 Y; V( c) e5 g$ ~7 l9 H
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0 L; t2 ?' G* L2 T/ rNORFOLK, 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. % S. E/ x6 H* D# i: i5 v) c/ r : ~( v1 U6 e* b1 _" v# L: J$ O, 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.+ J" X4 o& u4 v; _: X4 f$ r7 w* d
5 d4 D R6 x0 N; w @The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ) F6 ^- Z `' i- v& r0 t1 s D* P7 |* d% A- M
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.* ?/ U+ W! U$ ?. |$ c" J) ~- N
- A" ?' j: @, m' I5 B; ^7 y j# i, dBecause 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. ) y# M7 c0 z! Q6 b$ Z: W( C' b8 @ a4 `5 z) J W9 f
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. 8 E% p" y9 ?2 i' c" D0 t4 q3 Z% E I' i' I% Y7 j& M# c& [
"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."& b6 @. Q0 ~& N8 ?2 d# U
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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. 0 q* u7 `+ q+ U; O' U8 F5 y# p / b- m7 _0 @4 k9 v" _[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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