[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。
3 s# q; o; H$ e. r! s0 urs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
* l6 K1 _" A+ g  v7 H　　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。
& `9 y) r6 O! J
( W3 {* _% L/ |# y9 Y　　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。8 _7 p9 E% J3 S
　　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。
' {( H8 l2 C2 E" r2 J9 h  J8 W0 x0 X5 e% |5 f6 X
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast
0 |' l' [: o( n3 v3 f7 n. f人在德国 社区% R/ u* N! N8 G* U- `' E
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained
/ E1 S1 L# I4 V& d4 g4 `3 r
) j$ G  r8 o, C人在德国 社区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.
0 `% w8 @4 O& R% ^
, ?/ u8 ^+ q) D0 |( a) yThe 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.
' O( Z( I9 c  O. d! @6 frs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) ]! ~2 F. `- s3 G
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.  c2 X9 {7 I# o# N, L
1 r- \2 U' I1 ^8 x! c5 H7 @5 `7 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.
. z7 W5 I; U: q  J2 G& i
6 ]3 A" R* r5 J2 J* ^2 U# MBecause 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.
! v+ S; L/ @% i# K& krs238848.rs.hosteurope.de6 W  g7 U* ?* R) b4 d
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.  C1 \! G" b6 Y/ j. D: j

4 w% w1 `) {) ]# }0 drs238848.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% p, s. z' {6 j% V" M' l人在德国 社区
8 W4 D: H' F4 a- E: x# B人在德国 社区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./ {) D; |, R4 [5 I/ d3 x8 T5 o" ^

4 O3 y. _2 x$ Y+ ?  ?& }4 @6 y* J0 p[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]