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。 7 D$ G) n( S, I- D r; U( t 1 _: Z8 V5 P; C( J* u( M* k* 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。 * i7 Z" _# I. `7 g. w3 Q0 Z' l7 e, Y7 P4 K* }* i4 s% w- f
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。& Z1 |7 O2 | F Q- Z3 W; i/ c
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 g7 G# }3 ~$ E) V+ x: {' O 3 k: V' V. p% T) R3 sNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 1 V$ H! \7 W5 x* y' _, N2 Y( S6 b: Q; w. t" ~0 C0 J
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 4 D, x+ z4 S# O5 x4 K5 F8 a - H! ^! f5 Z% k' kNORFOLK, 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.! z. |5 F; x* m, l4 K5 p1 |* x
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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. # e, O- m1 a0 t+ ]5 _3 V* v2 r$ ]+ B0 M" T5 C- r' k
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.- L) w2 n" q+ ?
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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. # m+ n+ T6 M3 M- L) s, ]$ }% I: K . h8 |; N4 O1 a- |7 QBecause 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. . d# Y" w+ K8 D0 {- s# U R; }0 X1 A( c( b! l9 H
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.% O: f/ e# T7 Y3 e# n. ~' D
, U- _2 x( k s"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."+ ^4 k; r$ c# ?
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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. 8 e6 U# P. V+ e4 c; d4 l: I4 b. U" D$ A6 e
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