dragartist,
so the failures were due to the Imperial/Metric interface ! I believe the USA lost a satellite due to such a combination. I do not recall any transfer release cable failures as such but in the early reefed main days they could whip and interfere with the forward load extraction. Had tie down failures (stretching and breaking) with the 38 cwt break cables !
I am sure the para bags are far more use in the garden than mouldering in some store.