5 h' I0 ] A; M) v0 h 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。 p7 N( R. p2 M8 E2 K/ @' 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。 5 z6 s( y% j8 i# L6 R+ h7 X 0 Q8 g: r/ r$ S7 E" k: `5 F# N0 hNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast6 K+ ^/ N5 ~# q6 k- D; O
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ; C8 W J/ C1 c5 s ( G0 f1 t- F) _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.* q) G2 t# c0 E6 b: ]6 P
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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. : a! s$ Z0 `; D; x B2 q( W, p4 L4 t: M0 L
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. $ f# Z/ d, `/ f$ v # v- T9 L4 H" \* h) eMcGuinn 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 n: ~6 f* g/ m, p$ X 5 L- m D2 V* X- I+ dBecause 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. 1 l1 c3 ?$ w$ |/ I M* ~ $ r2 _% {; X0 @9 Q/ P! }6 d- M' |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.( H( k' `8 [& k# g5 c
2 ^* ?- c) ?% J% z4 {. c# l: y"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."# o+ t4 S; L0 Q# X* O7 |
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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. . v% ]9 Q) q! i! ]" K7 e 5 r- F& Q3 H- R6 \# i* Z[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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