"Then everything happened very fast, while they could only watch. Narith was barking commands to the soldiers and they were training their big guns on the plane.
“What the hell are you doing, Rath?” Gustat barked at him. “What’s wrong?”
But Rath just ignored him and out on the runway something strange began to happen. The plane stopped moving. The wheels still spinning aimlessly but without going anywhere... as if something held it back." page 141-142 Chapter 32

"An arm appeared on top of the tail. The plane shot forward, but materializing on the far wing was the Predator, unbalancing it so that the wing began to drag in the dirt." Page 142 Chapter 32