Skirting Failure
I've seen pieces of the skirting flapping in my downwash, and been almost nervous enough about it to just fly away. The skirting in this case was corrugated metal. Other platforms I've seen use cyclone fencing material. If that piece had broken loose, and recirculated through the disk, we could have sustained significant blade damage.
Was transporting MMS inspectors to the platform ( GOM ). They wrote the operator up for that, and many other discrepancies on the platform.
HeloBeez