Anticipating fun and games I was watching flight radar yesterday, there were plenty of go rounds at MAN, after EK15 turned away the second time I did look at conditions reported on flight radar at other airports and they did not look good, LHR was reported at 35 kts at that time. If I had a loaded 380 and fuel to get to a safe airport I would have done the same, he was holding and approaching MAN for over 2 hours before he gave up.
Hats off to all flying and controlling yesterday, a job well done !.