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 j6 V! F# @5 O. Z" K1 ?* d1 l7 F7 \& b( X( {7 c* E3 [
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。. T. }: ^) u0 Q% x( J+ U& t
/ l& ?4 u7 L3 `: b7 o9 p! p# q( V( W& B" C 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。 : ^* U' H X% u' n 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 [1 Q8 `: _0 b: ?6 J1 r ]$ a4 P5 p! J
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast $ x, o- V l3 Z! C& V4 X( S$ r. A% L; ?& y% @2 u1 ~
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3 m- I, X0 {! S5 c! I) S/ xNORFOLK, 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. " W* q$ W/ l7 v3 \" D+ B$ e+ N- r! u1 ~& A, q1 U9 V' F8 K3 [
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.- b3 D( y2 k, \6 o! a
3 Z3 T& i- f+ B3 Z2 K/ IThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.: M4 s7 O/ Z/ M5 y+ W4 J
/ r) Z5 m# @+ ~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.7 h5 [" X( L' y m/ I
& o/ ]& A! j- j1 V4 [9 k3 F& ?- QBecause 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.& j& k* H+ b/ }
9 J, v# k/ A# |# \1 CThey 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.' c% p! {: ]* h/ b. ]: r
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"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." $ U$ T. l! E; ^% x; i$ A- j+ {& o0 l% G3 J% }2 G) Q
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. 4 M" [- o7 X& N( D a+ c4 y4 x1 y4 q% |" ^: }0 v
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