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。" b& q( S- x4 a8 ^& Q+ U2 r3 ?
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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。. {9 ?( m& \+ V: S O
9 X" s( J3 T* u% v* V 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。. _% f/ U9 O8 b7 H
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。 P! m7 n, r! P8 F' r% i3 J& D: E, a& |0 k1 J2 M
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast- ^8 F! O4 D, m4 T4 Q6 d3 m8 S/ h8 [
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2 f; J# F1 [" I8 k- q8 z& }, a. eNORFOLK, 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 ~* |- A! O$ U( Z+ L. @) K6 F# h
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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.* Z4 f/ @+ X" | R$ V( p X6 j q
- I4 M' E4 b' ]6 zThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.8 E7 k5 @* B1 s$ T2 a0 G
; B+ v6 J3 V6 ]/ d7 ?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. " A! ?; W7 O7 @( _! w5 J" u% D % l4 z1 v! C1 j2 f0 }, k/ U, K, f( J/ a7 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./ Q; f' x+ V1 n I
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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. , o9 \+ a8 w9 C, ~1 o2 J 2 e4 x4 X$ t- w* C9 F* H% T"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." r+ Q$ T4 u/ \( h& _- p8 ]* J0 z' C, U. E. E4 Y
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. / N1 W- r- {. v6 R # C0 o( `7 G6 j6 L- V* q% K; i. Z8 g[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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