A transatlantic flight carrying hundreds of holidaymakers came within feet of catastrophe after a mystery airborne object shot past the aircraft shortly after taking off from Heathrow Airport, a safety report has revealed. The British Airways Boeing 777-300ER was climbing out of the UK’s busiest airport en route to New York when the flight crew spotted the bizarre metallic object screaming towards them at high speed. The packed passenger jet, carrying 256 passengers and crew, was ascending th...