Opening his parachute, he landed without serious injuries on the side of a mountain.
He might not have had enough altitude to open his parachute.
After ejection, the pilot would fall away from the seat and open his parachute by pulling a ripcord in the usual way.
He knew that he must not open his parachute until the spinning body stopped, but it did not stop.
The Bear exploded five seconds after he opened his parachute.
A thousand feet later, he opened his parachute for a landing.
The other crewman had accidentally opened his parachute in the belly of the plane.
A jumper suffering from hypoxia may lose consciousness and therefore be unable to open his parachute.
If she fell, she only had to open her parachute and she'd come to a stop long before hitting the barbed wire.
Not until then did he bail out, and he was able to open his parachute in time to land safely in a field.