Alarming British Airways cockpit footage shows Iranian rockets arcing near flight over Middle East

Alarming footage taken from the cockpit of a British Airways flight over the Middle East captured Iranian-launched missiles soaring nearby — suggesting Iran failed to make sure the airways were clear of international civilian flights before they filled the sky with hundreds of explosives. The clip was filmed by the pilot of the Dubai-bound BA flight Tuesday evening and showed what is clearly a volley of recently fired ballistic missiles rising into the night sky on their way to Israel. All the missiles safely cleared the airliner — but the footage showed just how close Iran came to immediately setting off an international incident by firing rockets into the skies without first making sure they were clear of civilian air traffic from across the world. Airlines scrambled to divert their flights from the skies over the Middle East as the Iranian missiles started flying without warning around 7:30 p.m. local time. Flight trackers from the region soon showed a gaping clearing in the airspace between Iran and Israel that has persisted hours after the barrage ended — with planes flying north and south of the entire Middle East to avoid the possibility of future missile fire.<br/>