Perhaps in the previous 12 years they did but ----
No, Keg, we didn't.
There was one incident on a B707 in Hong Kong, on the edge of a typhoon, where ditching was seriously consider, eventually the aircraft landed with about a 30Kt tailwind, and just managed to stop with the nosewheel inches from the grass. (old Hong Kong, of course --- no namby pamby 12,000 runways.)
Tootle pip!!
ps: Again, Meekathara, in the good old 707 days, was the primary alternate for Perth. QF used to have an Ingersol Rand low pressure start bottle ---- if you missed the start, it was a long wait, as the device had to be towed into town, and pumped up at the local garage.