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。6 S; E) M3 v0 X: a4 T. R
2 s6 X. Y( F3 p/ |6 q2 t 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。7 T! d- W# h8 ^( l: b3 D
9 `. Q! P6 r# Q7 C) Z6 t; T 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。 " Y4 k& u6 W- t! F6 |6 r 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。 7 J! E" N0 W1 ?) r O" a$ o) K: t9 j0 F9 @4 ?
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 2 G, A/ l$ l/ B4 ? * ^5 o. D; L- \Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained& V0 r8 r/ p$ o
! B3 c2 f$ r {* m& dNORFOLK, 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. 9 F( k; T; _0 G+ ?. V8 c) E - f& Q6 }$ M: s! L3 I4 mThe 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 R; [1 E& b+ K- p6 J 7 z4 O A2 m1 c) X+ n2 W: l4 V2 ]The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. & \1 ?0 {# a0 A. M% L6 V' b4 C B 2 k: p' g5 k5 ?0 d( i5 O/ R; B: b( 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.' t- Q- }7 D* U; G
# ?* u" ]- 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.( S/ w* v; f* Q ]: Y5 o; k: \$ s
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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.: L* D- @7 t3 Y, ?7 z) h7 F# r
% O$ G5 W2 D6 f"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."2 @( _# j: l5 ]8 h0 }
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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.$ q- F; i- R( a4 p; d
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