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。- a7 y# u- f' `7 z) g- K
' S6 @) i7 p! Y6 ^6 [9 o 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。 + ^2 x: b$ ~) P, K6 W5 m 4 [6 j) f: V0 I9 I0 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。 ) j) g/ X* S0 k- T" i, _9 L; m 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。) m! s% ]& k" I1 }" r( `6 R* X! G
' N! a$ h9 Q5 Y; [ ?7 S) rNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast" x8 v8 Y6 k3 F y' k
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; l; P& }# y2 VNORFOLK, 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.& D9 o2 W$ s B" X. J
# i3 m. ^9 T, a C, VThe 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. }- O, R; Z1 l8 K# a4 N; a. g
5 j2 C5 j, u5 f) }1 Q8 M( cThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 1 B3 |9 c3 R1 {3 |& r! Y2 r" V: P6 g 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. # X2 C% f+ ?9 e7 X, G; ~7 j0 U6 r6 `1 e: K2 V0 ?( 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. ! Q. w$ g- d, N8 F; m9 o0 u . e4 ~3 H; P$ N' U& G. f( 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.8 i/ q Y3 J; U! G
3 g+ M1 V/ y: k$ `/ T"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." + f) v$ U$ B1 u 9 R% u- ]; y* y# IThe 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. e; M/ e3 F8 t" {! v, Z% Y! P' G' G4 E0 e" u: K L' y! h9 p
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