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。 " M @ Y% z1 @. r6 G. t7 Y. s) `0 _7 u4 F7 L" \. {! U% M
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。 2 N; p' {' J* F' R0 U+ @ 3 w$ `/ U/ `6 o9 q- v+ d 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。0 {9 x" q- d! E |: 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。' p9 B5 W9 y5 @2 I" r) w
& U* z( s( ~6 A1 ZNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast2 Q8 K# ^8 |9 L! r B% V
3 x1 |8 U: |, _0 |: ]4 H g$ @1 GRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 4 x8 O. F& E# [$ H 9 c, ?+ d9 Z" g1 fNORFOLK, 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. # N, ?$ V) X; ^. O% D' O ; J' V( k) T- R0 K3 ^& D+ bThe 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. 9 u. O; ]$ L7 B+ ~* D5 n & W: d) w6 m' eThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 1 {" @9 `* c# T: L8 R( \% X/ Q/ d U" N1 ^- O& U7 Y
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. - I' W1 l; i2 x" J" m$ K5 y: F& S5 K. J& ~# V
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., T {0 f! e b, V0 d) x
: Y4 `! I4 P+ K& |4 KThey 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. # \. w2 e$ R% Z9 ]4 q3 s 9 C2 b' G1 ~% @ |/ W0 ["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."/ A& g5 y. u6 _
# e' H1 C/ t( B7 sThe 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. " |" P6 _ P& @, `1 r6 P) \5 J/ O- `3 Q! D& Z% ?/ Y8 v, J$ R
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