The passengers on BA8 that left Haneda, Tokyo for Heathrow, London on the 1st October were taken to Alaska and Canada on their diversion.

There is a first hand account here
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35638767-post251.html
Where “interesting” takes on a wider meaning than I would usually attribute to it.

Makes a grim culmination to all the issues related in this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ervice-17.html