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。6 R% B- G; b% L" d% C' p4 {$ l
2 F* @1 S3 F! H2 y5 c" W 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。$ R. t. s% Y* g) x" ^6 w
' q- s+ F( b8 g U6 g/ a7 e 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。 t* V! P' ?! d1 r) {( m6 w7 Q5 n8 f9 r
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。 " C5 p1 @9 `2 K D7 w+ j4 s: ^8 m9 b2 |, G6 @* W
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast7 [. C/ L4 q1 s* r/ N6 Q& A
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Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained - q' M# S+ \; P! y8 ^- i ; u! z( C- j1 O( f; @0 `: mNORFOLK, 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. 3 q# k6 b0 H. `7 K0 J: V, G3 r# B5 ` A+ a8 r+ N- t
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.' W; f W) ]: p1 b. x; O \
/ U- W% a8 j- N. z* m1 k5 [% CThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. ' \3 j, _& m- \( \! `. N 3 i4 e5 M& `; e! w4 t5 O- R( M6 UMcGuinn 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.) `$ N, _& t* P$ I7 A Z) b! }
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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.) Q3 c4 ~- Y8 `6 U+ {6 q
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"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." 3 x) ]6 |3 ^- `6 [( l" c4 l- r3 `# I3 ?* M" f
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. 6 c$ u+ ?9 ~3 b8 e) e8 m4 g! X% L
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