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。& N' U- ^1 R- {
# z, E" H$ v, z- n. l1 }0 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。& m; W7 t, ? e A" Q
) _2 h2 l1 V6 \' 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。0 \9 E6 w; Z! m% E6 d& k
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。 : F% f# v, d! O. [6 l, S# j 8 }4 \# ?& c; v' c# a% r$ o8 ?Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast " x! ?- ^6 r" C 3 ]9 Y. B- {8 L4 n7 d/ {3 RRescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained7 w! b# D' c/ l7 `( M/ C
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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.: I. _/ A+ r7 C/ m0 Y5 K9 T: z
; k. N* Y: a; b; qThe 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. ) ^: v# c* e( {* @8 g1 m' N ( H1 K: h0 Z4 ]7 K9 dThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.' f5 _$ h8 A1 E( F0 E. @0 `. ^) i
; u2 e+ L$ n4 w2 a0 x% _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. 3 l8 m1 b& g* r& Y1 X2 A+ j2 i* ~+ e+ s1 G8 E9 W* o
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. $ t" B6 z3 p B/ ]+ }( s; _ 0 S" S5 J6 O, u/ W. q9 A8 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. 8 d& B1 _7 ~- l+ S [; l, S7 R2 n3 B1 p- i" j8 i
"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." w; y7 F3 I7 |) w! R2 Q
7 X, G- M# a! F9 LThe 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- Q" g8 f% l) ]- J' j
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