[国际新闻] 美国载有140人的潜艇一度失踪十小时

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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。
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　　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。www.csuchen.de1 k. y' P) n3 W, r: D

4 s3 @/ O, E2 e# {; s　　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。
' D6 S" ?0 {4 o" w  X3 r: u　　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。' P* |+ N; S; Q5 S+ `

5 y9 E( t1 p  c! |0 |Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast6 w4 d1 T7 G5 \" T7 A. A% u0 o

" p2 o6 u  X' O) j! ]: |7 w5 QRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained2 {; o, u; [% m6 b9 F6 F0 m4 O3 D4 S

2 ~) h% s! J6 s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.
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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.+ E+ n  N+ |3 c) e" H

& e- S# J: f. |9 k5 a& ]8 BThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.4 V" T2 O7 \" l0 {, n$ ]

& u' ^- ~/ B9 _0 kMcGuinn 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.6 K; }3 [( C( w/ a0 _/ y4 h! U

& m- A: z# I. K- cwww.csuchen.deBecause 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.人在德国 社区' W: y# ^0 N" U

% A) D7 ~4 _3 n" AThey 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.
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7 N5 m5 P0 y5 H8 G$ W, g人在德国 社区"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."' o5 a; V) o" x0 M$ ^  t
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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.' h) n% G# U+ a' [8 k% S5 D
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