I agree with soft landing.
There is no need to worry about the plane. It is fine right now. I’m sure it will be returned. Although, the seats will be removed, and it will come back without passengers. But, no need to fret... it will have some sort of new and more exciting payload.
It will take them a while to acquire enough jet fuel to refuel her.
One wonders if they want to use it to take out Karzai in Afghanistan, or if they have an Israeli or American target picked out.