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。 : }9 _# ]) [4 h$ q( O( N : ]) z k+ F1 ]% { 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。 q: l# f6 P. n3 `! \
; V! W E3 Z6 n7 c' u! 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。& c4 w- p3 Q9 i4 v/ @/ S" y
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。0 [9 @$ p/ _/ S3 D+ U, p6 f* ^8 k1 p
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Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast( }, }* h3 l, b1 v
; u5 L7 r1 d J6 Z6 j# i3 ^" NRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained + k4 m5 ~* H2 g: @% ~ 8 T+ }% {- L) ?* m, X& @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.# d9 y9 a; A T; `+ s& I! e
, d. z P# C$ ~5 Z0 E% x( PThe 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. 8 ~$ Z) _% N8 E3 S* g ! C4 }/ O/ U9 i _1 ^5 E, x4 sThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.) O% }0 B+ ]: m4 \2 l3 |; V
+ [! }6 \' j5 N1 WMcGuinn 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.: O, H4 G' H. z; i3 }# H9 z) h
1 a( m- k" I% QBecause 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. 8 o% d1 X# ^' p ) U0 Y0 i. e+ Q( K( z1 JThey 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.3 E# ?1 g$ S9 ~, Z6 ~6 k0 Y( S
! F! O1 n& Z. r9 Q# R; P"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 Q" ^# X5 ?" ^4 _ * {4 t( J+ f8 I6 N. 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. ' w. l1 B5 e) ]7 h- I3 h; n. ~6 S( X1 t {' O0 v
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