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。 8 s E! y: k" Z" P$ S, T% N+ f # s" @4 Y" N) Y2 P {* y 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。6 @5 { c/ K( v) _% b
# l! p/ Y9 ]6 s( ~1 y# d 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+ }) L4 e, h; C
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。 9 M" ?$ m* D" a0 X4 J9 O8 H" | + F" {, b! y# t* F! o, J* HNavy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast . H1 r* b$ m1 z% P2 f3 `1 \8 p# ` $ Z) R2 [4 [6 [9 `2 a# sRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained ' x6 C* M! Z8 y1 Z* A 1 s2 R. F& d9 {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.: E$ b3 T/ N4 {3 a3 x
: ^8 `. W4 w; X0 p# a0 m VThe 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. 7 g c: \6 J, c* Q, c 1 d G; q/ b- l$ f: C& DThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation. 6 G3 ~0 o* O* x1 y0 p9 R# g' x- j, P5 b9 x U: c- N3 f3 |
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. p% i3 ]' q7 a+ S7 T9 D , N3 {7 c) s* g8 M) @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.$ W8 J% [- t8 Y2 X! w5 [
" i" O: ?4 ^* W) O, ?& A+ M0 l& NThey 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.( L2 E7 P2 `' U, q, ]& p/ U
: _$ u- F0 Q$ c# I6 }"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."8 x: N+ M% Y/ W6 }7 z" E" `
) C9 }' u2 c. {, v+ @: zThe 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.) f1 r+ F0 Y5 l' q _7 g K
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