i was there when it happened and was onboard the helicopter a few hours before it took of.there were so many people on the helicopter as the crew allowed civilians to walk up to the ramp sit in the cockpit etc, and while i was outside it beside the main door there were children grabbing the railings to pull them selves up into the machine and i was looking at the door and saw that it looks like an emergency panel that you pull down the lever and push to knock the door out of place in an emergency, so perhaps a child or someone pulled the lever not knowing and it went un noticed until it was too late!i was down at the beach after and saw people being stretchered off and the gardai and Irish Air Corps quickly established a perimeter allowing nobody near the jettisoned door, there were also some British army guys there aswell!
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