How about the Qantas B767 who was preparing to ditch because the wx was below limits in Perth a few years back. Cooler heads in SYD prevailed and he did a auto land.
Was a 330 wasn't it???
I suspect the aim of this thread was to go with real incidents, not urban myths. The original version of this particular myth had the aircraft as a classic 747. None of the myths regarding various aircraft types and ditching at PH has any resemblance to reality but as Kremin said, believe what you like.
Fox Alpha 18, there actually was an A330 that landed in PH with FG below minima- SY too a year or so earlier. Ditching wasn't considered an option in either case.
If you want something a little more credible then stick with the 747 that missed out on a NDB approach diverting into YPLM and then did a let down over water before doing a scud run to get back to the field.