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。 0 G: B6 K3 u- i 7 a3 F( S: s% Z: t. j; V 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。 * d" n p" N* `7 t2 I$ b3 d- A$ ]9 ~: p* Q1 O, q3 A( p) |
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。 + I2 ~1 ^; {, S- t! J 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。+ Z0 ~6 d9 ? @8 F
8 {! o; ~4 U- ^8 X) W* k" M& A9 ONavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 5 R9 Z' x( `) g G. O 8 X. w3 r3 ?7 }: ?Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 8 O0 U2 F& m1 T1 w H! _% o8 l; \6 w: _' P# d: t
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. 7 k! p+ w% h$ p$ ^4 i, [, {; V- P+ b; E
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.( {0 N& a! p) R o1 c7 v
3 A& n0 I2 V+ X u# [9 MThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.2 _1 b$ I0 c7 F7 K1 P! z2 n
2 a$ g4 _3 x1 a; l1 G" I0 M% RMcGuinn 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. ' h) j' Z/ j) S7 m/ B$ v, e2 p! x1 G) F- b2 [
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. $ f3 m1 w& H) g6 R- B: T$ c0 s& J4 b/ J( X% H+ O; X% [
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.+ z6 X- Q! B) q+ h
+ l% @0 r: I1 f1 P7 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." 3 a" | d, G6 o P6 W, O* ` A2 {7 L- g( W
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. 9 C! C+ x2 U9 ^6 C ! P2 g) G7 [& M+ _[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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