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。 $ @) }# l$ {$ s; X 5 E* ]9 l, n( M7 X: r( b* L. k* s2 l 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。! p3 O1 t( T, s
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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。 % F5 m# N- X+ t3 W 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。, O0 C. P, u+ L# v/ t/ Q( u
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Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast. B* c) j% Q/ H. d$ ~7 f0 }! Z
6 R$ v" X, ^9 b. @$ F) WRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained 6 q2 a. i, c, R1 I " ?2 n1 A8 ^9 E5 nNORFOLK, 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.; ~/ x. Z) h! v$ y7 k) u1 u
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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 I( D" C+ _5 ~3 \8 u/ X. L
( o) V' U e1 ]5 D% `$ P, z+ SThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 4 Q6 ^ X- K3 q% a2 N; `/ c1 G* y; X+ b# E' X7 _9 J. I
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. & E. q/ Q2 \) q3 s) e8 ~0 ]& u! k
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. & C8 P' K; M6 h0 o7 D+ j0 I) V4 a' W& a$ P$ X2 b
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. 6 H6 c, s8 A2 g' T' f7 \0 E- i( P* Z9 _" t0 z) ~) O) y
"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." ! E$ [: r' a1 v# l" b. C& Q( l$ x1 R/ v8 u3 @; _6 ]9 P9 V
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. , O$ \7 b: C" y) n B2 p( a d! m8 N0 S6 G5 [9 y# F) }+ q
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