nothing to do with the current topic re steep/ornot approaches (pun - current/wires? Never mind!) but a reminisce about wires in general. I hung my helmet up some years ago after thirty years of mil helo flying. I was lucky on a few occasions, skilful on a few more, and got away without a wire strike. I've been pretty close on occasions, memorably once at a new South Wales hospital LS which had wires on the approach that the hospital admins and crossed headlight providing fire crews and police had failed to see. On another (rather tactical NI situation) I've been under wires that neither I nor my crew saw or had marked on our maps - it was very foggy and we were very lucky! Since retiring I have had variations on a recurring dream where I'm flying low level, usually in a city or townscape, trying to find a gap in the network of wires above me!
Wires, for helicopter pilots everywhere - they're a nightmare!