Bonnie Lass
Your experience re Hong Kong mimics my own in Typhoon weather though I was in 747. May I ask which airport it was, as my own was into Kai Tak and I got the cockpit ride as I was at school with one of the pilots. We also were put on possible divert, but landed, and then all quickly went to Aero Club bar to watch the show as others tried to get in before airport closed.
Cheers
Mr Mac