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。$ i5 ?" ^4 s8 u3 }/ w
( U/ h" I4 N) c' A" x5 \: a 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。 : x e1 b: N6 \6 m0 W- m1 n* g6 |: ], \% q- ~% a+ I: a
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。/ s% {0 R8 ~1 c U1 C) J6 `+ Q1 Z2 _
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。* h: i& M$ g& k( }! ~+ a0 S5 t M
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 0 R% V7 H+ H3 ~' t4 n, a) o4 M ! E5 @9 J9 ~0 \% m0 {% R( b6 ENORFOLK, 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. / y& X: e6 G) e0 x8 }( S4 D n 2 K/ A$ \9 \7 w% i$ m! TThe 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. 5 a. z: m; d( u( h s3 k" s3 L! N6 w. m( v
The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 5 I r! d9 D: \4 c+ S2 O- t8 U/ B& r
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. " s9 v+ q8 a4 @2 C& ^* x7 ` ' O8 v$ r8 I8 p+ F) N4 Z5 K; VBecause 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. : I" ?$ U6 e# j3 c* y3 Y% ?$ A- S
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. ; X+ t! i( d. C' G2 F7 j ( g ^4 E, m4 {4 Z1 _2 ~( {"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."4 P3 H+ n7 _8 ~: f5 d; P1 _- |
- s2 ^" K/ l% c( T8 {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. . S+ x+ m% N* L" `* X7 r% d) K5 w, s( j" j! z! u/ v
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