Not quite on topic, but twenty years ago I was based at Kai Tak. A typhoon was in progress and the eye passed right through the Territory. As it did so the wind swung right round as expected. Many aircraft had already diverted or asked to remain in the hold, but a Middle Eastern airliner had taken two attempts on 13 and gone round each time. The crew were then informed that there would be a few minutes delay as the runway was being changed to 31; they were then given vectors for that. ATC then informed them that there was a further delay until the ILS came on line and to expedite they were offered a PAR approach to 31 instead.
The crew declined, saying that the aircraft didn’t carry PAR equipment!
. Instead, they diverted....