At the risk of thread drift.....
I only ever saw one which resulted in some of the most spectacular airliner flying I've ever seen.
Heathrow sometime late 80s early 90s, spotting on the top deck of the T3 car park., arrivals on 27R, departures on 27L.
Caravelle lands and takes the whole runway to stop- Aer Lingus 737 following behind, looking like a go-around.
Nothing lined up on 27L and the conversation on TWR went something like...
Tower: Shamrock xxxxx- can you make 27L from where you are?
Shamrock: I'll give it a go (broad Irish accent).
Tower: Roger, clear land 27L surface wind etc.
Cue stonking left bank to roll out perfectly short finals, good only knows what the pax thought.