What would stop a takeoff to the SW and a landing from the NW?
Dick that would work if only the main section of helipads was being used however that ceases to work when they also use the helipad by the ticket booth which is the one where the ill fated EC130 took off from as no matter what you would have outbound and inbound aircraft having to cross flight paths.
To be honest having seen them conduct faultless flight ops using both pads and in some cases all three pads for many years I am at a loss to understand how it all turned to custard this time. These are not amateurs and Jenko oversaw a good bunch of people. Unfortunately all the holes in the swiss cheese lined up that day.