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。 / V8 k8 U6 x4 V4 `% c; J$ o + |9 H" Z4 d, s 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。 I7 m% d1 l" L0 z0 [& E 0 l0 m# ^; v+ u; g3 ~7 j5 z9 r 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 ]! i, [* h: C* Z. k 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。 & c$ b9 e& H7 W( g/ S% H% v7 n- | q3 T, x5 P( D
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast7 I/ L% ]( X5 \" M6 X' A
; k* L$ N% \0 P- R* i$ m$ C& FRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained " H) `4 E' t7 ]" ]& P1 C" j7 E2 d% ]- D* M% s l! f H/ L
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 Y5 S2 w2 x m I4 W( z1 ~0 S7 U9 u+ A' s/ k
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.7 {% w- B/ F" y; K- g4 ]
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. & p0 [! D/ a2 y! b6 h, o9 N7 K9 B9 x0 z- _9 q, S( A" B" x+ S
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." L @ A4 L: h5 u# L3 t* |
4 F7 U4 f) G( h, XBecause 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.+ K$ v- h( {/ D3 z6 j8 n2 Q# u
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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.( q7 J" v* v5 F# E; E) d3 u/ x# _
8 s- F' Q/ s7 @( B. T"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."% o4 o/ ^! H" P+ `. e& d
* A1 S/ @; y- ~# OThe 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.8 X7 \1 S9 r" b
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