yes , and for me this title is pure clickbait . they don ' t panic . They act like they have to in that situation . When you learn to skydive , you learn everything that could go wrong and how to react accordingly . most of the real accidents are the consequences of several things that go wrong at the same time or a wrong decision making on a single issue . It ' s rarely a new type of malfunction or a new circumstance that could not be anticipated . the thing is that when you are jumping out of well functioning plane , you don ' t want unexpected problem to happen and you take care to anticipate any issue that could happen to avoid them . You tend to become paranoid and think at small details . In that case , in the plane , you ' re supposed to check your equipment before opening the door . Part of this check is to ensure that the orange thing on that picture is not outside it ' s container . sorry , I don ' t find the English word for that .