I have avoided posting until now. If the conditions where really that bad, perhaps they should have just turned around and gone back. And FWIW, I'm a 777 Captain, with 22000 hours.
I think we need to wait to see what the data gives. But maybe it will show there are a few ( remote) times you have to say, we can't do this, and head back home.
Am with you! I believe I made this point very early on in this thread.
Certainly I'm aware of colleagues that have done so on quite a few occasions when involved with flights close to the ITCZ etc