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。 % K; O0 v, S! D; U% R , `; [- y$ A' j' X7 ? 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。0 e4 u1 O2 X4 I X" b2 d7 l
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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。9 M% ]" X$ C+ m
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。 ' j& A$ j8 W1 ]- Z- {0 i0 | 9 H! S2 }! F0 k- b* }* O' ]7 L4 \Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast1 t& |3 y6 F6 l) G q$ U$ k
+ F3 N1 b! ]/ @' H! c% SRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ( p" m8 e+ r+ Q+ p3 F6 U # Z* b- Q' T5 ?; q1 `% s. 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. b+ Z3 c a8 j3 F5 A- h& t+ O! u# H0 ]1 F' `
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.. L8 b; `4 N- A% S% C1 Y! n
; C+ ]9 E7 H% N' G. lThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. $ h$ z' e" Z4 D 5 ]8 W a' F$ z. k0 pMcGuinn 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. + R2 Y5 p1 a' F# D* z! w6 e" ?1 ~9 J( n1 e' x/ ]7 |: u
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.6 d$ |. |9 a' H# O* T9 l$ h
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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. " \/ a% D0 z* c5 R+ B# ?5 B/ ` l! T0 L* s0 ]6 F" |/ X+ T
"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." " A: u4 Y" }$ A: C7 J8 Y7 K u/ m+ _# p; ?" e5 x0 z
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. - |/ c! m: \: V9 [2 k+ q* U+ A) } A* m$ Z0 C; Y0 B4 v
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