Rob wrote:

I just don't get it... why someone would deploy a parachute over
a plowed field or if the door is open.. the parachute weight in
fuel is offers soooo many more options. Alittle rain in
the door is much less of a shock then the 4's door blowing
its seal...

Actually, the one that got my attention was when "a passenger activated the system after observing fuel streaming from the wing." I have no other information about this, but based on just this info, I'm surprised that there wasn’t a strangulation involved...a ground incident, to be sure... :-)

Bob