A bit too close for comfort!

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Originally Posted by hotzenplotz

The description of the video on the youtube website says:

"This is a Turbine Enstrom Helicopter on the Heli Pad of a Greenpeace ship some where off the coast of Ireland. One of the deck straps has not been released correctly, with what was very nearly disastrous consequence. Pilot skill and quick thinking saved the day."

But I can just see the two straps that get removed by the groundcrew.
Maybe the rear end of the right skid was stuck to the net and the ground guy tried to fix that.
What I dont understand is that the engines got started and the disk loaded, before the straps were removed.

What is the "by-the-book" procedure in a deck operation like this?