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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
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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Exactly, the maintenance and airworthiness system is working exactly like it is supposed to. Good to see.
The word crack sounds bad to someone who doesn't work on these things everyday but all aircraft have develop cracks, there is no perfect design. Catching them early is key.