Get to work, Maintenance! And Merry Christmas.
On the bright side, a tech found the cracks early and the CAF and Sikorsky are addressing the problem. All helicopters develop cracks and doublers (think "patches") become normal for the rest of the airframe's life. Sometimes the doublers are included in the design, as with the Griffon.
This won't be the last time a tech discovers that the stresses involved with helicopters unexpectedly manifests itself in cracks. It's normal.
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