At KLMuk it is standard practice to attempt to turn such that a fire is downwind. This is no problem at all, taught right from the beginning and normally turning 30 degrees through the wind was considered sufficient.
The problem (confusion??) arose with a quartering tailwind when it was more expiditious to turn in what appeared to be the opposite sense.
The other thing to remember is that these were relatively small aircraft, ie FK100, BAe146, FK50, ATR72 and FK27. It might be a different story with a widebody.
