British Army choppers falling apart?

Hi, popped in from the history forum. Are there questions over the maintenance procedures on army helos? After all, it’s very embarrassing when, representing your service and country, this happens;

TENS of thousands of people watched in horror yesterday as disaster struck at a Galway airshow.

Three people were injured when a door fell off a helicopter and hurtled at speed to the ground shortly after the craft had taken off at the Salthill Airshow.

Both gardai and the Irish Aviation Authority launched separate investigations last night as the injured, a Polish man and two Irish women were being treated at University College Hospital in Galway.

The British Army helicopter had just become airborne towards the end of the show – the biggest free air spectacular in Europe – attended by a crowd estimated at 80,000.

The helicopter was about 150 feet above the cheering crowd lined along Salthill promenade and on the beach below when disaster struck. As the door hurtled earthwards, the terrified crowd had virtually no time to react and the door hit a number of people.

Gardai and a Civil Defence team rushed to the injured and two ambulances were also on the scene within minutes.

The three people who were injured were treated on the beach, apparently suffering from back and neck injuries as well as shock. All three were removed to hospital where their condition was last night described as stable.

The helicopter immediately returned to the scene and the crew was helping gardai with their inquiries last night.

There’s a bit of hyperbole in the first sentence in the story from the Irish Independent but it’s a serious matter nonetheless.
The door in question;

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