Better still - if this "north American" approach had been replaced by the european one (where we bring the cab to the hover alongside the ship FIRST and then transition sideways, the whole episode would have been better resolved for all concerned, as the TR failure in the approach or hover would have resulted in contact with the ocean - relatively safely and as importantly, the subsequent crash would NOT have impacted the damn ship causing untold damage to its superstructure.
What "eejit" designed an approach to land on a ship - directly from behind, with thousands of tonnes of steel blocking any possible escape route?????
IF someone had died either from the impact with the deck or falling off it, the chances of this being avoided would have been greatly enhanced by hovering alongside first before deciding all was well and then transitioning sideways.
Concur with teaching point - a TR failure in the hover is best dealt with by selecting down motion on the collective, taking power off and forcing a positive landing.