9 ?& [* H9 p. u/ u" l 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。7 o9 V1 N. _5 r, H
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。 7 O( Y( W$ F2 R. {+ Q 5 Z, }* N; }; D9 B9 ~& P& gNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast, a9 Q. g4 u i( }
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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. 7 n% Q3 G! Z7 d+ t3 n2 O: @) s: M9 ^, G0 [: m: I
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.& U5 [9 D! }* {5 {! B, e ^3 I* m
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation./ p0 y# u4 }" S* _* x# I3 d S
$ P% c: }- J9 X4 hMcGuinn 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.* u, s, l8 g2 c4 [
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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. 4 |$ s- }7 V+ h, \ - L0 h, D0 A9 ^' }, a7 j; _4 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.7 x9 v( @7 N$ s; c
" ^/ Q( k+ q3 E9 |7 j) v5 @6 z"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."3 `1 Z, L/ H# [, G
+ d4 O& z/ B' jThe 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. , {& J8 r/ U! B1 ~. m* o6 \" G: l 6 F5 G y" p" U5 i% b1 @+ q1 Z: \[ 本帖最后由 日月光 于 2007-3-15 09:22 编辑 ]
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