/ D+ h- l! H: |) r) k! O+ U9 P 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。' E/ ]/ v6 E0 }" d1 |# M6 p
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。 % o# \) S/ w. @3 o. n , t! _. o' e4 ?) J: Y" t0 D# A A% \Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast , R. h1 y4 y# X& C0 B: Y/ E8 Y& r$ A! j0 [- u
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$ z/ }" o9 Q) ~$ J3 `* P" ONORFOLK, 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.: T9 V% s4 G$ X: Q1 q: a, z
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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. 3 v' a; w3 J- C/ O+ P( \$ Q: L/ z6 I3 j% P
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. / |- |/ g# E" p4 k5 [. k* Y# w" V# A& }& ~- Q. Q0 Z: F
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.( c9 s4 r+ h! `) Z( U) z7 U6 [
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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.) a- e4 f7 |9 ~1 _2 l/ p8 s
* L) y' M/ P, iThey 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., {' B0 `# H' e2 f' |' z& c6 B$ F
0 b5 V, r. k4 b5 A; \' o"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." ; t2 o/ Y. Z6 _& ?9 S , M& P1 v5 t M; MThe 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.5 r+ q7 B9 Y# b( F/ K5 Y/ u! C
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