Updated at 7:52 p.m.
Students and staff at Pomona High School in Arvada were greeted with an odd surprise Thursday morning — a military helicopter unexpectedly landing on the school’s field.
In an email sent to Pomona High staff and families, Principal Patrick Rock wrote there was a “unique incident” when a “military helicopter landed” at the school around 11:30 a.m. Some students and staff were on the field when the helicopter arrived, however, school staff were able to get everyone inside without injuries. They stayed inside until the helicopter was gone.
“The helicopter was meant to land at a different Jeffco high school nearby for a school-related event,” Rock wrote in his email.
Flight records show that a U.S. Army helicopter flew for about an hour from Fort Carson to Arvada on Thursday morning, circling the area before touching down near the Pomona football field at 11:30 a.m.
The chopper then appears to have lifted off and flown about 3 miles north to Standley Lake High School. The helicopter was a Sikorsky HH-60M Black Hawk, according to the data hosted by FlightRadar24.
Denverite has reached out to Jeffco Public Schools, but has not heard back.
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