I'm really not convinced by this don't turn back thing we're all taught. The Cessna twin (402 or 404) that crashed at Glasgow in Sep 1999 (G-ILGW) was less than 5 miles from the airport but it took 10 mins for the fire truck to arrive. Meanwhile flames had roasted most of the passengers and crew.
I can't see why if you have a bit of height, you shouldn't attempt to plonk the thing where everybody is ready for you and where kind people have created the biggest piece of open space for miles around. This is all the more so with jets where the direction you hit the ground relative to the direction of the wind is of less significance.