, B1 m6 U7 b7 Z2 g @4 g3 M7 N6 W 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。 " Y! j! j4 h/ m/ m$ U8 k( f+ k; B 9 f2 U; @/ s: m0 f$ P 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。 ( K, v- t" i3 F9 z5 r2 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。' h( F: G$ j( M8 a
+ b3 ~' D% a# E. _Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast % A/ m% M. `8 A O' Z , L+ O" c; `2 E) O: u M+ V6 NRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained # }3 [9 U- @: p+ A 1 {! M' V1 Q' A0 p% d$ S* E$ f% UNORFOLK, 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." v' L! h4 l9 a) b# o
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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.- P$ M# S" T Y6 }$ e9 m2 L- d
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. . d( H1 M3 r3 |5 ^$ y3 z$ a) m7 z5 i- r3 a' p# @
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., J* A2 G3 c: \6 i. W' D
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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.5 a) Y: v- W7 f2 M U, t8 w* _ c# T; L, Q }
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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. " ]1 \' x! Y3 r; K 2 ^2 b: S% ^$ y8 \"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."9 E7 x8 T* C7 N4 T# w" L
" x9 U5 F1 m7 P) l8 \. n# L8 n3 t4 TThe 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. 8 t) m4 i% Y. F. i w" a; \% \ % \" S9 U, P% E[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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