/ U# M8 _* T1 k2 o5 f% a, i 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。. q0 y3 R2 R" v, ?
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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。& C8 [0 i# Y2 D& E, _
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。 ' f( i/ w6 ]4 |' X. Z1 L3 F! P( \0 h: u0 w) T% v
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 0 \& u# p a9 v4 R! s+ r - N# i" X' F, G! U: z$ e s: XRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 7 O/ w# |# P, J) o8 ] Z5 u( o. s/ D q; d# D) v
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. ' O8 L0 A" ~9 c: E: \ , v2 q/ X4 Z& i9 B' t/ V% o \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. 3 P) v5 d& w( O" f, h2 s* d 0 y% T' h. G" C5 \# kThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 7 ~) p. @4 T6 k8 `8 r$ z$ I! w$ Q& d/ 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.1 o2 J2 {2 h3 Q
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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! N! G7 @/ s' m+ z' l6 ~
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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. % M& t) G2 A q6 ^( E( |' X7 g9 n: }$ S! q3 T, N$ ^
"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.") ]9 S& |; ^ t
$ Q% T+ ?+ U6 LThe 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.) R5 N: d0 n) Q6 T/ s R
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