But with Thatcher available, plus the form of Roberts and Crewe youngster David Vaughan - who plays left midfield or left wing-back at Gresty Road - Wales suddenly have strength in depth.
Overhead video from CNN affiliate KTLA showed firefighters working to douse a fire as most of the plane, including a visible part of its wing, lay in the middle of a road.
Paper or not, Boeing is milking the image of the futuristic delta-wing design with huge posters on, for instance, the road from central London to Heathrow airport.