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>> reporter: if and when pieces of the plane are recovered, investigators will piece it together. this was done to the remnants of twa flight 800 in the late '90s, analyzing the fuselage, flight controls and wings would help investigators pinpoint a cause. many crucial parts of an aircraft like engine components are made of magnesium and one expert told us that in salt water magnesium can dissolve like an al a celt al a seltzer . there's also the grim task of recovering the bodies of passengers. the bodies should show signs of smoke inhalation, for example. expert say that work could take mont...

The big picture and help draw conclusion as to what happened. >> reporter: if and when pieces are recovered, investigators will start piecing it together. this was down in the flight of 800 in the late 90s. many crucial parts of an aircraft, like engine components made of magnesium. one expert told us in salt water magnesium can dissolve like an alka seltzer tablet and important clues could be lost forever. there's also the grim task of recovering bodies of passengers. the bodies could show signs of smoke inhalation, for example. experts say all of this work could take months, if not years. fa...

This is. they can send information. >> they cack. airliners and military aircraft have engine health monitoring systems like this. now, for example, i flew an airplane during flight training that had a rolls-royce engine, the same -- the company that moves the 777's engines, and the plane i flew also had an engine health monitoring system that would gather information during flight, and then once we landed the information was looked at by pointers -- maintainers. here's a picture of the monitoring system. this is on a rolls-royce engine, and this unit senses vibrations to pick up possible prob...