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I was thinking that if it had been an engine failure at altitude, the
passenges would have bailed out with their chutes, given that they
were experienced skydivers.


They weren't planning on jumping from that plane. They were enroute
from an event. The chutes were probably stowed.

Even if they had them on, the record of skydivers managing to get out of
a failing jump plane in an emergency isn't too good.