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。) A/ W1 X7 s9 e! p. G
& ?0 Y! K9 k' w) U 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。) T3 O. j. K7 @/ s8 \: u
+ v8 \! f+ v: m0 d5 f+ oNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast 9 k" k; N0 S7 Q; d ]0 }- \. S! E
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained/ S/ ~/ o/ X6 Q. @! D& l2 Z! t' P
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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. 3 i$ k( |8 v- B7 H: J- C8 L1 D, z$ ]' W; _( k
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.+ T1 [3 s4 N: t: Y5 U
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The communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.* l9 e7 u% l R+ |1 _9 A
6 h8 ^8 R. C8 y: b" 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./ m* B8 S2 m% j% S- |
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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.0 f7 ^5 e5 A! `# L; z
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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. & k+ i: j$ R$ y4 J; R" T7 M1 ]4 W: m4 h \
"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." + ~; b- o( V, z " k4 D. j6 _* NThe 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. 0 a0 R2 q2 }7 p% f, O: d( e+ \: D* m9 ^- f* U, ^1 Z3 I
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