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。 : p: z( J6 u# I9 n4 g 0 A9 E. A/ X8 \6 N) i. Z0 K6 s8 P/ C 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 @0 T: X9 N i7 h9 o( w% b- N* ?$ S) W( s& b
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。" l* r& [2 q& J- d
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。 ' y( C; J& ~, W( b# _5 r6 o' {: c+ h- p' x5 E
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 6 m; @8 A# @' ~. C( ~- {* U- _ ) s' l% I; B: o g" @; y6 PRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 2 Y1 _6 g% H8 ]+ s. i3 Z6 t+ R; V m6 D4 c
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.8 ]6 C+ C& g! J K4 U8 Y/ D
1 C8 A$ G% f8 f: ]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.. }. u$ ~0 I+ A2 ~
7 Z7 d9 m8 G9 ]2 TThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. " x9 }0 E6 F5 M" D e9 N 9 E! O0 l& c, j* |9 {: dMcGuinn 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 ] G* c, w) |% G
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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. ! u7 `2 x6 x/ C * A: [+ b, R0 g5 z, @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.5 {# |. ^1 ], S; U% g
0 B5 ?% ^8 D4 [, L8 G+ 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." % F$ g+ z: | x/ R$ l 6 \. m, A1 C8 m' R# ?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. * b/ Z4 U2 _, ~3 h( F 4 X! Y/ D9 d$ k; Y- ^* A1 o; j[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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