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Snowstorm closes Minneapolis airport, forces Jets plane to land in Duluth

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It was a white out on the highway near Monticello, Minnesota this morning. Free Press photographer Trevor Hagan was on his way to Minneapolis to cover the Jets/Wild playoff series.

The Whiteout has followed the Winnipeg Jets to Minnesota -- and thrown them off their game.

A massive spring snowstorm meant the Jets were unable to land in Minneapolis Saturday afternoon and forced the charter flight to be diverted to Duluth, some 250 kilometres northeast.

The team was in a holding pattern at the airport to figure out a Plan B -- either waiting it out and hoping the skies clear enough later in the day, or perhaps try to make it into the Twin Cities by road.