Why would the 777 need to be melted down, given it would be vaporized in the process of delivering the weapon?
Of course, first you'd need to rescue the 777 from Davey Jones's locker, South Indian Ocean District.
The plane can’t be used to deliver anything. It would be shot down well before it reached any target. Governments are on the look out for it. The bomb is untraceable and that is the threat. As long as it is shielded well it can be deployed later using conventional delivery methods.