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。 ) r6 f6 i& h! t4 H0 ]1 E$ t4 B2 a2 P. p( `! o
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。. z$ A: b5 L% ]% ?6 C
/ k0 d# y8 o* G: \& J: ~ 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。( F6 I u8 L' D4 U( G
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。5 M, p& E3 L3 j' g
# w. I0 Q+ d: n; w; L gNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast W$ Q$ X8 V' v+ ?! @( Y7 R
; P d( a2 B' b, X/ E' yRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained . s: j& W- V& G2 [2 y/ k8 ] 9 O) s1 m/ N: lNORFOLK, 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.- S1 ? w; c1 W+ g
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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. ! r) J: x( J& A8 B: U1 V8 x9 }6 D) G3 ^5 n o) h8 p, Z$ K: n
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. : F }4 t/ z+ q3 i8 w) j0 v+ | . f- R4 l. K' bMcGuinn 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. 0 a5 c8 P% d d8 u7 \+ E+ t# a2 u; |* X6 ~: q* ?# Q
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. ( k8 i4 Z& F$ R2 {7 x7 _! h5 O; P9 v
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.1 M. Z' t2 n' y
* j4 t# V, c4 U" e8 n# M$ D"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." 1 S; T' x3 n- c% N2 l1 U* h$ M- t* J9 E" ^6 k
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. % E% T) b$ h$ W, ~9 U G: y% ]5 z+ k, c9 w: `0 O
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