- S0 S" ?: W) d4 x5 g 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。 " @' Q3 k$ t# A" ~# R0 Z5 v9 d 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。 ( s/ f; l/ E$ J 4 K1 G; I6 B' k' ~9 j( YNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast: i* u0 q# W! I
: `+ ^% k. x8 _- B8 KRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained; I1 }- Q% y3 L) g2 n5 O8 Q
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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. S2 Q+ r; D* n1 t/ O( n# w+ V2 M. g8 v: [9 J8 \$ B2 l/ O3 h, ?
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.) {8 y* F: [, w A. n/ U: ^% G# M
/ l; c( n3 p F9 _8 rThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. + J- c' M/ D+ c6 l, W4 M/ C+ ] 8 S0 e$ c- _' O$ _0 U WMcGuinn 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. 9 L6 j" ?% q. z6 P) y# E: J* l. G b6 J2 v. z3 \
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.# w; b r/ F# L1 ?& T0 [$ F& U
# Y; ]% M6 f" x3 t# D" RThey 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.1 E/ ?) v; c/ h+ `0 j3 a
7 `5 p e+ q8 v- h4 H) S"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 I. p2 n1 m S. S/ x6 K# b7 \% Y, ?/ p* P* t: R0 R' _
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.* i9 @5 t0 l* U' G
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