- _$ K6 A0 N3 j1 V 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。 * L( r& D3 }: ^ ) ]- V* v O' 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。& Y, ~1 y% X6 e3 X- _
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。* w0 K4 @" u; u3 U T
+ {+ X i+ n+ d+ b0 X7 ^Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 4 y- j0 Y6 W! }- P# q4 T( O# M . V! W" m5 S- h& I T/ T, H$ b& t! h: yRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained/ g- C' ?4 J. B7 B2 \
7 F' P! N' E' \5 j* `( hNORFOLK, 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.' r5 G) S& f0 @2 p
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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. . _4 h0 ?$ }8 D. g* V: N6 q- }% x1 S- X) H3 R' H, {
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 1 D; B7 @4 F" K/ R6 j6 T( ?. V7 I! }( Z) [! `
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. 5 h+ T8 w/ m* k1 ^& }# A1 d; z 9 v' X! e* \( S2 S0 i, z$ [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. " ? O( R. M L0 S2 { l$ z5 k( I+ n. v1 R% ^2 F7 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. ; v5 o2 L+ G8 l; j8 R3 e- ^9 w7 f! t5 I1 g6 N7 \
"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." $ [- s5 [5 l. u2 W# w+ h- ?8 [5 M
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.# F) x! _: q( N C4 n3 X; Y
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