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, c! K8 @* q# b
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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。 + E* M; a% z! i2 E" j + V- m" T3 m& l0 E" W c9 L 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。" Z5 q u ~) }3 H; U
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。 " c, d' O2 }4 z* \7 \; D( e3 E. O7 `1 b) I% ~3 N# z
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast: W$ Q4 l# O" y2 ^$ ^" R
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained , U4 w7 P! N+ `" t( V A# P8 | " \0 s+ Z) B+ K$ L# j4 HNORFOLK, 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." s( O0 ^+ |8 S8 l" r
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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.* t% Y! [- A' I, `( Y
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ) I* ?0 ]) s$ Q+ X& F* \# |& Q; }% u5 h( b9 W
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. ; I. B2 Q) c8 C; C" x# x# M8 Y& L$ Y$ h4 V1 z, [
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. : ~+ ]$ @0 o0 | ~( H9 F& D% c$ K1 r
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. : S/ p* }, I/ H$ D* c( V4 I" ]$ u- t; S$ P/ B& G
"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."$ O8 p1 N, O5 ]. x+ T- E* r2 G* b( S
6 t* T+ F7 j8 QThe 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. , `- O' Q$ O6 M d" j. |8 G6 E 3 l' f/ |( d+ ^, T1 U+ X4 X' j[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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