MacBook Air migration stuck at 48 hours and 20 minutes

I started a migration with my new MacBook Air at startup. I wirelessly connected the Air to my MacBook (black) and all seemed successful. But the data transfer has been at "48 hours and 20 minutes remaining" for the past day. I don't see how to cancel the migration from the MacBook Air. And even though I shutdown the MacBook (black), the MacBook Air still seems to be running the migration.
How do I cancel or even shutdown the MacBook Air?
Has anyone experienced this? What was your solution to successfully migrate data?
Thank you.

If both Macs are connected with a cable (Thunderbolt or FireWire), disconnect and connect it again, so the restore should continue.
If not, I'm afraid that the only solution is to restart the MacBook Air and start Migration Assistant again

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