3 s2 p0 i l0 ?, d! b7 t6 f 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。3 v. R* H' ~% J8 Q. j8 l# K! V) [! E
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 [. ~$ G' J0 a6 ]* _# Z7 x5 u2 `$ L: X' {( X1 P* ~* w
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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." u9 ?, b6 Z2 k, B; S( v( l
# s- L0 R+ |/ t# g0 NThe 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. 5 q) K n- H& C, x0 a- J / j9 c1 t$ N- l4 NThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.3 w+ r6 v% d, y: `
, R/ z+ M0 K: u4 y- OMcGuinn 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. 7 M$ n" J) N( ]$ j5 l 3 r7 E8 j" R+ A, L: L& N& c1 G( v% NBecause 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.; ]2 \8 B/ h6 y0 `% D" n
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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. 0 u# i9 D; V( U4 C% f9 G6 E. x2 D8 b' W
"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.") W9 Y7 l% H2 o+ f0 Z/ h2 J% F Y
( y% a/ x) _$ F1 ~- n. ^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.4 j0 I" P) ~- W) a5 _) b: B
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