5 a: F. G4 k6 p; H! C- G! k$ { 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。( o- M9 y3 p" a: ~# y% y2 b
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。 9 E# t% ~1 F9 x5 V+ _& l/ D w* \3 L0 e
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast ! s3 l; i7 \* |+ M0 H p, T4 r; L; J$ \- m7 a! i# v. ?
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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.7 [3 t! @4 F7 ^ ]) h+ T- T4 A
+ j& ^; o" p6 n! t$ l8 }. WThe 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.+ \8 o) C: M! i; F9 |, w- J# w
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. $ V% {5 m* `# R' A( c Y' L) M! l/ bMcGuinn 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. % P1 n5 W, b" C* x" S d- } 0 m* j: o& W9 m7 T9 P2 SBecause 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. % L3 n" D1 ~" D# ~% U! E# h- U) k ! h5 Y5 a" u* N: J8 z0 y/ V, W5 vThey 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. " R- l' B- R8 A, u4 F2 N9 W7 B& k" u& _1 z" V4 u
"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."7 R0 J" X% a& W3 x* e8 u9 L$ D
/ h5 Q: \2 A3 e4 X' U. x3 B, XThe 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, Y* ^* J' g& F
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