( F: u7 _5 O3 F: P$ J$ l 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 X! p9 v1 M# T+ M c# \
4 s, }) l- A( B1 B2 w8 z8 L 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 `( A% [* d: r5 c( |" D; ~, ^
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。 7 T8 E8 Y& ]1 z$ p2 g / X: W6 v J& Q6 J4 w! W5 uNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast, C( b7 |7 G! `& y! a( M
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 8 t6 |* y# Z! s9 h4 H- R7 k6 T: c# Z3 ~# ~3 O F
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. . f& X: m+ r4 m" G, S/ S9 L9 D6 z " I) {4 q/ u) _4 E2 i& m( Y( 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. . x% o! M1 g; { ; D0 k- r. Q5 j3 U+ Y, {0 A! {The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.' J, q/ O" `7 K
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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.* r: F2 E" ~. a+ g
; B! [/ Z0 a' d4 C' A9 @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. 9 V& \$ s' D! e6 \ 4 y& {$ n* I3 ]4 }8 d; |. ]/ GThey 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.5 ~9 n* n2 c+ K, l# R. i8 E( a
. w; V6 H8 d) f6 A, L"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." & D* o% L/ u, T$ S( ~3 ^+ E2 v5 H * j) g% t5 v: g3 y6 i+ ?2 ?The 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. 3 `- B l- X: V! ?) l3 F' [3 ?0 @& ^9 e6 g% K& T0 i% T
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