I am wondering when all the details are known if the attack from the l@ser happened at a lower altitude and the mention of '8000 feet' comes about because that is a level often associated with fuel dump over populated areas?
Please listen to the audio clip posted above. They dumped at FL360 in Shannon's airspace long after the laser incident. They reported that they were at 8000 feet 6 or 7 miles west of LHR when the laser attack occurred.