4 W# d4 a# ?, V j' h1 M 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。 # _# k W( y9 s; u/ ?; h, g- R) p/ U0 F' C h
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。 8 I; b1 f, Z- b3 z 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' }2 J" t# y: y) M& [ [4 w2 v # R; ]. U C4 }3 w2 B% bNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 2 D% B* j9 s9 [& h* G, Q) R7 b( i: v6 F- b8 W9 M
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, N% _2 l* {* }! ^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. & u! Q4 b% a0 Q; I! Z- r - U9 ^- b0 t6 D! IThe 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 |, y. I8 j* P3 }4 Y8 O. r9 |* I+ I0 E9 G( y) m
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. C& l5 Y, l# _0 z' E6 m7 ]0 u) J
. ^0 g( q0 S' |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. / s- r% [+ i( W- ^. O& G $ Q J b4 j8 D5 V' X# i( ]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. . f2 |2 ~4 C0 X7 ~9 X. ~5 N9 Y8 O+ g, \# u; _
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.! R( x+ i* m5 }8 h4 B
& S3 J# n: e, o1 O5 N5 H"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."; k3 R. d6 H5 Y" e
* y) H. v* E- ^7 v6 i! ^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. 3 _& o* I J! r/ D: z* U" ? 0 N' r* l; u. a[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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