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Originally Posted by Locke
Based on a few things I've read it made 3 successful dives prior.
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Three successful dives and at least as many aborted attempts due to mechanical failures.
They interviewed Jay Bloom and his son on CNN last night. They were the ones that were originally going on the trip and cancelled. The Dawoods took their seats. Apparently it was Bloom's 20 year son who started looking into the design and asked around about it. He told his dad that he was worried about it and the dad accepted the advice to cancel based on his son's research. He said another thing that gave him concern was that when they cancelled, Rush flew to Las Vegas to meet with him and to try and convince him not to cancel. He said Rush flew in on an experimental plane that he built himself. Bloom, being an aviator himself, said he realized then that Rush had a risk tolerance much higher than he did and that he would never fly on an experimental plane.