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。 3 j$ ^/ V9 x8 H2 c, @ & B+ G8 K" c$ C" ~( L4 N& ]0 z5 m 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。 ) ~+ \, P- u$ y' }/ V3 U p8 ~! y3 X! n- c4 ?6 p0 y# S% \6 ]
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。 h/ a; @$ Y" C( L; u7 t2 Q 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。 # r% u# ]# l5 m; F" W4 t 4 s* F, N* J! VNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast, C) T( t" _2 _' Q) t
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ( B }- N1 B" d% R# J5 k c1 ? . Z q3 i+ M, X- sNORFOLK, 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.* Y2 b; n {9 w+ O5 \( 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. 0 w% \6 ~. h6 ^7 P2 A# l1 r 5 S7 N1 @# [! ?5 Q1 s' m& V4 ~' F3 _1 |- zThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.! [/ F, l8 X' M/ X; A/ b1 V9 O4 ?
. m( a8 H( [- y1 R) AMcGuinn 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.1 v1 Z0 r5 c# q8 H/ S4 M$ R$ J
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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. * G7 V' _) C2 K" q 6 H: C9 Q0 ~+ I6 v+ N4 h2 U, g% FThey 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.) x1 J) @9 f+ [2 f: K" Y
% v3 V) n) ]* X: 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." 7 Y, d# M4 o4 N+ d, w: ~' t; s' c& N4 o1 H. F$ P+ T
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.) H) L- Y. b9 w/ G
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