If there had been two sets of cables to the wing, there would have been no crash.
If there had been two sets of aileron cables it would have been because Lockheed thought they were critical to flight safety. They didn’t, and that’s because ailerons are not considered critical to flight safety.
Why do the Rudder and Elevator have two pairs? Because they are (critical to flight safety). Losing both ailerons means they fly in trail, and turning can be done by Rudder alone.
Any aileron malfunction can be solved by letting go the command, and waiting for them to land in neutral...
Lockheed doesn’t make blunders, and they almost never make mistakes.
Edit. Then there’s aileron trim, a separate system altogether, which can be used to roll.
Last edited by Concours77; 4th Jan 2018 at 20:31.