[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。
! m0 }7 `" }# E7 nrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
5 ]. g/ C( @( `2 `( ?　　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。
( T8 I% X5 u7 C1 [$ n" Q, B" B0 t; B' Z$ X- G
　　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。人在德国 社区' R1 j' `- v+ E# t
　　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。/ T; i3 M4 h: v. L. W

. x) y5 ^4 O6 nNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast9 R) B6 \: |7 G8 S* H

( G/ |% u8 o  t( J5 Y6 F* J( bRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained5 p" n5 e7 o9 S$ D5 _
人在德国 社区7 K" h4 t* U' c1 K- o4 C5 j7 f9 p
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.
  f7 V( k5 @7 Y( o. D( g  z. Q8 y" [8 H7 p; ^. x& ?+ z
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.
' _1 Y  g4 F! {8 d8 ?! X) J8 \1 [. _( a
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.
# i. B3 u# M$ c1 Z. u% ?人在德国 社区
( F1 I9 \2 d* \* I7 bMcGuinn 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.
: V4 X% _9 L4 j. o( D人在德国 社区: {4 ~' _0 n0 r2 \, K
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.
; ]* w, e# Z7 ~5 }9 w0 U
' r0 L2 S' j' s  }8 b9 ]2 r; d" X) sThey 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.
% X9 w0 d: ]3 i; Krs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! i6 a3 }& X0 h# }% r1 g7 R
"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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de8 A, V8 M/ ^& c. G; d9 @
8 H: Q2 D# h7 `/ t
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.
# s' c, d6 p/ o6 _. X9 c8 W9 _
" g+ d7 s; M) E0 O$ i, O人在德国 社区[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]