Was Arya Stark looking at a dragon or helicopter in the Game of Thrones teaser (Picture: HBO)

Game of Thrones’ final season is coming and it’s going to be the most ambitious moment on television yet – which may have been scuppered thanks to a rogue helicopter.

After the Game of Thrones trailer dropped this week, fans have reached peak excitement and still have got another month to sweat it all out – because you know it’s going to be six feature length episodes of mounting body counts, which even after a two year break we’re not quite ready for.

HBO have promised scenes more spectacular than Lord of the Rings, but look closely and you may be able to see an aircraft avoiding two dragons while soaring over Westeros.



Entertainment Weekly were fortunate enough to visit the Game of Thrones set and claimed a Police Service of Northern Ireland helicopter flew over ‘a ridiculously sensitive scene’.


To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

‘The great battle is over, the snowy ground is streaked with blood, beloved heroes lay dead outside the castle gates,’ they wrote.

‘Winterfell is quiet. And then… a sudden roar from above. A gust of wind. A blur of low-flying movement.‘A dragon? No. An ice dragon? Worse.’

The publication continued: ‘The helicopter seemingly came out of nowhere and flew directly over a ridiculously sensitive scene from the show’s final season.’

While we all try and digest the certainty that ‘beloved heroes’ will perish in the great battle against The Night King, the PSNI are disputing that their helicopter had anything to do with the disruption, which can only leave bosses in panic – who could it have been?

We haven’t come this far for leaks!

Following the first official trailer this week, expectations are soaring – as are fears for Arya Stark (played by Maisie Williams), who was seen running for her life and Metro.co.uk may have worked out who or what she was escaping from.

We’ve also picked apart every single detail on offer: from the addition of Harry Strickland to which characters are ominously missing…

Game of Thrones returns to HBO and Sky Atlantic on April 14.

Got a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you.

MORE: Game of Thrones season 8 trailer: Arya Stark may have confirmed a long-running theory about the Winterfell crypts

MORE: Do the Game Of Thrones final season posters reveal the outcome of Cleganebowl?