, h; ^, x; D" x( S& {6 H+ ~ 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。 4 b$ X8 v2 d1 l! N1 V3 B 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。 3 H: T) Z+ i0 r) s4 Y: ]. ^7 R) i ( m! L i; \' s! u) a3 {! _2 tNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast9 ?( x$ I @' N* @9 M
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained : b# D& E! M0 v. h3 [2 } 2 k' d2 U1 B* V/ x2 I# vNORFOLK, 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. * o5 f8 a+ o6 E: j1 F6 j - J( a3 A3 Y& B6 G$ ?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.4 A2 L/ ~- e; g+ g; m' u
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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.- E! {8 x5 m2 a- M
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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. # n% D, D/ h: o: ~, N- Q" ~3 s% Q, V$ d7 P& N- T
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. $ b5 g% ]+ g3 N- D# A' ?( }9 A1 z) z9 \+ d
"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." * K: T# b. m8 [3 r! U " q% @1 \; L( Y* ]' X* a) fThe 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. ' b7 R3 b- r3 i Q( c4 t! U) ?( }% N. D7 j, ^
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