I assume it's a last ditch manouvre. Planes are designed to glide if the engine fails [0] - so you'd do your best to get over land / safe and then pull the para

I assume it's a last ditch manouvre. Planes are designed to glide if the engine fails [0] - so you'd do your best to get over land / safe and then pull the parachute. But also I assume if it did land on water - you might have a short amount of time to get out. At least you're not crashing into the water at 100 mph. [0]: https://www.quora.com/Can-a-passenger-airplane-glide-if-all-engines-fail https://www.quora.com/Can-a-passenger-airplane-glide-if-all-...