Two Virgin Atlantic jumbo jets carrying a Vikings party of more than 150 people — players, coaches and other team personnel — departed for London on Wednesday night.
They were expected to land around 10 a.m., except their bodies will tell them it’s more like 5 a.m. after accounting for the six-hour time change. So sleep has been a big topic for the Vikings leading into Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns at Twickenham Stadium, a few days after the nine-hour flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Heathrow Terminal 3.
Coach Mike Zimmer is approaching the trip differently by having the team depart Wednesday night and sleep on the plane as opposed to wait until the sun rises Thursday, like the Browns, to travel.