I was in Navy Sea King 5 years ago, at Lorient in France. We were computer trimming, so we did some auto's. ATC cleared us from 3500' to ground over the active runway... Naturally we questioned the instruction, 3 times, but were assured we were clear on the active, so from 95kts and 111% Tq, we dumped the lever and sat back to enjoy the descent... only to be rudely interrupted by a howling banshee, who was in fact our radar operator in the back, screaming "Break right". Needless to say, our P1 and hero, grabbed an armfull of collective, a shedload of right cyclic garnished with a hefty helping from his boot and we duly banked high hard and handsomely to the right, thus avoiding an "Atlantique" which ATC had cleared for take off while we were in auto's, and was blazing a course straight up our vertically descending chuff.
I remember looking out over Lorient and thinking "this is a dumb place to die"
Thankfully our observer that night felt the need to mess about with the radar and spotted the impending doom, so here's to you wherever you are Jules
PS French ATC were a trifle sheepish about the incident
