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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained * |! a# W) q( W4 R1 k& y + a; P5 h1 s# r* N; fNORFOLK, 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.7 ]( d; N; y: T x; o
! M; L2 {2 ]1 {7 ~, E* h2 ]( XThe 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.$ {8 J# E: g. {0 [4 x! N( A3 l
" A: x& z! Q( e! j; |5 H$ b* Q' fThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.9 t$ t7 ^9 ]# _/ _
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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. ) E# O: ^3 E% Z: i% a; W ! b% i1 ^- Z" k4 UBecause 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. ' {! n0 ~ h2 E9 ^ ! U3 }8 _+ A5 {/ U* T2 \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 `7 E- P3 s \ i
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"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." ; r9 Z5 s& e1 ~2 c9 k " F$ d5 Q! Z; t$ ^2 j" hThe 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. ! Y& ~3 S# P( O2 R' ?5 G- P) U ) b. S; I) [+ e, S- p- r[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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