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Watch the wild scene as Minnesota Vikings are rescued from their plane

Published Dec. 24, 2016 12:06 a.m. ET

Andre Vergara

The Minnesota Vikings' playoff hopes are slim — so much so that they ruled out Adrian Peterson for Saturday's game — and playing at Green Bay makes their challenge that much more difficult.

They still can get in, but they have zero chance if they can't get off the plane.

The team flight landed safely in Appleton, Wisconsin on Friday but as it was taxiing it skidded off the runway and into a snow-covered patch of grass. Everybody's fine, but they were stuck on the plane — for FOUR hours.

https://twitter.com/vikings/status/812465949727223808

https://twitter.com/gregcoleman8/status/812489569690066944

https://twitter.com/PAOnTheMic/status/812493649791643653

The airport did not have a staircase tall enough to reach the doorway of the stuck plane, so Jayron Kearse and the rest of the Vikings and staff were forced to do some serious team bonding:

https://twitter.com/PAOnTheMic/status/812488753558253568

https://twitter.com/CarlosGphoto/status/812499409950937088

https://twitter.com/chadgreenway52/status/812496588409081856

But wait! Salvation!

https://twitter.com/mattvensel/status/812499590507270144

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/812518636216864768

Wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson shot a ProCast video as he was lifted off the plane:

https://twitter.com/PROcast/status/812508419684909056

Defensive end Brian Robison and linebacker Chad Greenway shot video, too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOYp0pCgbKb/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOYqoGlATx4/

https://twitter.com/chadgreenway52/status/812503712321196033

Welcome to Wisconsin, guys. Now go beat Aaron Rodgers.

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