; f* a* S& b+ R 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。7 u6 S6 N% m3 Y2 \1 `8 y+ I# m
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。 + I, i/ z r$ B ?( g7 }5 s D( {$ R6 i2 I% n3 y: z
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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." R+ X& q D, ?4 H4 D+ |: F$ A
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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. " E& m2 Z: E3 L0 f" t& S 6 {4 o6 d E2 s9 xThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. + W% m( w' s/ T! l* Q8 j9 {' y , e+ v9 p' S! R# d& f' S8 sMcGuinn 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. 4 K* j* E2 n! Z& @. [ # y1 {# z7 d4 [5 {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. % k& z! r6 A$ I5 x( v+ k8 `5 a8 Q
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. ! D: O- D+ {; ]! g$ a( ?! j" A) S% U7 O, ?
"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."' E$ {6 e, U% h; v' w
0 d8 r! F: W9 ]2 MThe 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. ; \, N y: L! q4 M( c% p! i! @/ v , I1 K! S5 V! N/ X6 N; @! r[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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