Seahawks' fireworks came terrifyingly close to striking Black Hawk during flyover

Lumen Field is no stranger to hosting military flyovers, especially when it comes to involving U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters.

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But the coordination of the helicopter flyover and the in-stadium fireworks seemed to be poorly timed ahead of Monday night's Week 8 matchup between the Seahawks and Bears. That all led to a scary scene as the fourth helicopter cleared the stadium.

Just as the national anthem came to a close, the military helicopters made their way over the stadium. But fans in attendance captured footage of the fireworks going off awfully close to the fourth helicopter — possibly even hitting the Black Hawk.

A helicopter flyover at Lumen Stadium proved all too dramatic for many observers before the Seahawks-Bears game in Seattle on Monday night, as fireworks went off with a Black Hawk still overhead.

Footage from Erik Quintero shows the fireworks going off with one of the four… pic.twitter.com/wQbqWw0Uob

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WATCH: Fireworks strike a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during the Seahawks/Chicago Bears pregame flyover at Lumen Field. pic.twitter.com/IqkyK8xuUX

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Despite the close call, all four helicopters returned safely to Joint Base Lewis McChord near Tacoma, Wash. That scary scene even came after the helicopters practiced the flyover during the week.

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