For military planes like big bombers, there were systems tested to separate the whole cockpit/crew section in case of an emergency and let it come down on multiple chutes. Rockwell tried this on the B1 bomber but had trouble.
Damn, I was excited and thought it was air clown 1 with Joe Biden in it!
Fitting a parachute to existing aircraft is super expensive & the a/craft needs to be re-certified, more expense, that a/craft most likely was designed to house a parachute from new, just finding an anchor point that won't rip the plane in two when opening is a trick in itself, a stronger air frame means more weight, which kills performance & how much you can carry, shit load of other problems also, but, could save your life.
If your over a city your shit outta luck with finding an open space, even landing on a field or motorway, you have to always think do you have enough space to get down without hitting anything, which would stuff your day.
Because of that, we have regulations about a minimum height to fly above cities for the small private planes. The higher, the better the chance to reach an open space by gliding, for example. But there are a ton of exceptions (like the planes with rescue parachutes), restricted zones, and other shit. You have to check everything in the pre-flight procedure.
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