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。 4 u/ o6 X: A/ p \7 ]' [/ O, o; c7 q 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。# s8 a C4 B& o. ]9 T" ]
f& s! N( J% e# E# q" Y! L" q* 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。! {2 e( `, _1 ]3 `) _; s$ Z6 ?- z
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。 & P" u# f, h/ e% d7 l, c' | a# Z% D5 s* G ?: Q% j( c: d/ E
Navy Briefly Loses Contact With Sub Off Florida Coast , V6 M1 V0 O- q5 ]( ?* w% T: A$ i' p# d Y
Rescue Effort Under Way When Communications Regained " J$ _! z* W! Q; e" B" ^$ f . p ~' b7 H, N% B- U5 r) }6 z' u+ pNORFOLK, 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. {' N" F- E" |! s8 s' G" F% W& Z
4 K& S/ U. ?* B6 m) e, n- BThe 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. , u. s$ R) y; ]& [0 Y , X) n) c: H! X) S& h: g" lThe communication lag on Tuesday evening was not explained, and Navy spokesman Phil McGuinn said the incident remains under investigation.& q7 @0 B. C t5 v. s% h2 d
3 m; d0 E* z7 B7 _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.2 E. R( h) d: \, |! O$ P* X: r% l
' |* W% I, {. f8 h! r( r4 [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. " _- h" N2 f* m7 I- F/ P G5 E0 ?
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.( y4 d6 @; K2 m$ C A' e
( J" K# i6 Q# [' S' u, F"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 E2 r, c/ ~+ P: t0 b
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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. 3 {1 T# q) ]& F& q" g5 _- z* t3 Z! e4 q
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