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。 . E$ M2 `% _' m; m, g% m( g " G6 _& O8 L3 U/ r5 B, G! Q. B. Y 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。 6 B+ g. ? R+ I3 i* s% P5 S% E& [
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。2 o Q5 @: F B! f% l
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。' z3 i8 H4 n! ]+ b1 R) V3 Q
& }* t$ i/ W; @& _/ \( c# j* {9 ZNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast : S* D/ @& f+ ]1 {1 Q! [/ Z' R" H1 G! \6 l% R* U# O
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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. ( t1 c. F6 t" X/ q) X " b& p4 u; |4 k# sThe 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. " r6 h# g0 R- A& @9 [0 Q% H: a% F8 F3 w. U+ j" c1 h
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. * c4 V% d! Z% r( X, U: O: C: j! F ; j0 P: f, w. c/ e( L$ v+ c0 eMcGuinn 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) D1 p7 r3 k1 Y# }) F % f# E' B% R+ A1 Y2 E* x; m4 g/ W7 {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.5 |/ o/ t- {5 a& [8 D' ?! ?4 F
- r+ z# W$ H8 K3 W, S8 n2 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. . l6 ]. R) ^- O5 @" } , t% g+ X% u+ |. s7 h2 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." 8 |% b2 ?0 q0 X. M' I5 p 6 w; P! k. u8 O8 z1 R3 w0 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. 9 w3 A9 G3 G" ?, C" M( F4 N* h. U7 b+ g e/ B
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