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 `1 P9 A, D' C" E1 I/ A
1 r8 _# @, c5 N/ p7 Q 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。 Z$ O: Y, V5 p/ X . x- d- o- q" o4 b' ~ 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。8 m4 e+ x1 K4 d3 G R* w
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。+ q4 m- T7 y6 V4 F4 O
$ B- l' K/ i- h% Q! G' D+ u/ @& nNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast* G4 t; h0 W7 @, m
9 O- g! S! b& d: b: DRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 6 O# U8 C7 l' m& ~2 n4 ~5 M9 m5 a3 W* N9 j8 ~% Y
NORFOLK, 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& X% ?9 U8 [' j+ D1 r3 x $ P* a4 J6 h$ y' X4 Z4 w9 sThe 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 o8 T' ^' P1 v3 w ; d) W- L: K! F/ y: g7 D0 @The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.# Z/ c2 v! T, l; d5 `5 X1 }
! i3 v- ^/ J5 i% sMcGuinn 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. 0 ?% T C4 v) ^/ Z6 p# ~6 [0 S. L* t5 P
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.1 P; M3 `) C: x3 P" Q) Q
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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.( N2 h7 H6 t5 v( o4 J9 [* c' S( _4 E
' O( x8 ?2 D' N* R* x"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." $ y) L; ?" \+ [# Z9 \7 F+ K, F [2 a( Q7 {) R) r) t, B
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. " M; L4 P( `8 F. Y3 o/ s! T& f' |$ d3 L/ L& N: n' U& @
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