[国际新闻] 美国载有140人的潜艇一度失踪十小时

日月光

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。
; X$ B+ k: n- q! \* Q% D1 z5 s6 c" H1 j6 o
　　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。
" Z# S+ N6 M  ]7 {; krs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
" v+ C' Y! J$ v　　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。
1 w) Y$ l+ V0 G9 s* m3 L3 Hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de　　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。
0 t: B3 U) q5 O$ a$ s* k* A. R人在德国 社区
7 h6 I  f: e$ d3 u6 K人在德国 社区Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast0 U2 A0 k: i. o+ l* N8 H5 [* r
4 T& y: Q" q7 O' T6 i2 o7 `
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained
4 x2 @7 P, |6 i3 l$ F$ p
5 ~" V" w; q: o) pNORFOLK, 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.
1 k, T, s7 o7 X1 F1 K% I+ y
1 N6 c* Z% l3 [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.
  Z# B  v. b( Z/ X0 Z0 h
; _0 u4 R: n2 iThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.
5 d  l# D, U, k% t人在德国 社区' y5 i  y$ l" `3 L5 Z
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.
0 D* m2 ]- X; `) K+ P/ B9 Z. Xrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
3 w# C% Q( ]; n  n8 yBecause 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.
& m* y+ Y1 _9 L) M, ?, A  C& j. N- ~1 K9 H: o9 y; p
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de3 {+ i# ~2 N1 {

/ h. k9 [! T' K- y7 b9 w  `/ s8 Hrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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."
# k* b5 u! N& N3 \, s; {
, C2 j" M7 p( Ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deThe 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.
1 _+ C& p; P9 B7 [6 U# |3 M
4 S; u3 N6 g6 `. q' ^( V8 `[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]