Stress in a cable pulled from 1 end or bothe 2

[lemonbreath]

Hello all
Apologies if this is in the wrong section.
The below tv show about an air crash investigation makes a statement about forces on a cable that did not ring true to me. I wanted to check my understanding of forces.

Simplified as I understood it the following seemed to be suggested: Cable A with a joint midway is fixed to a static point. Cable B with joint midway is pulled from both ends. Cable B is more likeley to break. In both cases one end can apply a max force that can not be exceeded (this would be the pilot end).

A link to the video is below. I would appreciate any guidance on this matter.

Thanks

The comment I refer to is made at 41 min 27 Sec

http://youtu.be/pRUNaH0HguM

 

[Ron]

MG22....there is! Those little purple stars.

 

[MacGruber22]

I guess I can't help myself!

"It is imperative Cunth doesn't get his hands on those codes."