1 g7 L$ i- m% u/ |# H7 a 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。 q. _% v2 A, l2 E
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% b8 {- G: c2 N, r' F ' s4 N, J j6 H% q. SNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 2 T) x# j' o! H8 z. P ( o4 p8 @7 a8 A: L* s1 NRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained! k, O1 ~' Y- |! B3 K: R+ V) V
, Z2 W, e+ ?" W! `: ?8 Z9 H* _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.* H3 {3 L5 R. i- b+ Q) ?
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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. 3 f9 x9 _2 e* j$ w 7 x1 R3 _2 B2 g# D7 YThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. * a) x |+ u8 v+ {* D$ ^) z0 c - f0 Q" p' e* \' q4 X4 w$ ^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. ) U% r5 }: n6 H* u ` L# d; i" P+ L* \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. 4 D) {8 Q+ j* Q! c& s H3 d' L h& J8 hThey 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. ' E+ r! ~1 q( H% T) N6 n. {/ e1 z# L) S3 M$ P2 b) 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 `9 g2 z- y5 n7 \) U' ^
, ~& a2 {, U$ T: J( fThe 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.! n* w7 J; G) y
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