ATC watcher, you are getting close. Apparently the captain performed an ILS, and made a circling approach with a presumed 500` ceiling. Looking at the charts, it does not appeal easy to stay legal. It might have been the wrong decision to do this approach with a 60 kt x-wind, but those decisions are never made with a coffee after a good rest in relaxing conditions. Face facts, every airplane from Egypt heading for Europe (or France for that matter) is now watched with binoculars. Do not forget it is charter flying, all this guy knows about the airport is the approach plate. It is no regular line flying to your preferred every day destination. And then I can imagine, just getting there safely and letting people asleep is an art of its own. The radar vectoring stuff most commentators are used to does not apply here. I know the captain personally, and although I did not speak to him after and about the incident, I would send my kids with him.
PM anytime.