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You? >> told me that the engine speed came up. >> reporter: if somebody gets a truck and doesn't start, what could potentially happen? >> they could be stuck literally out in the cold. >> reporter: in a worst-case scenario, a vehicle that won't start or an engine that in just too much snow could put a stranded driver in a life or death situation which explains why in torture team wants to solve problems here before they get to your driveway. the mckinley climate chamber built during world war ii when they discovered combat aircraft struggled to just take cough in frigid temperatures. since the...

Separate what's known as a black box or a data recorder from the -- >> flight data recorder. >> we know they can withstand a whole lot. assuming they are able to quickly recover those, what is the most important information they'll be looking for to try to figure out how this could have happened? >> you look at the flight data recorder records parameters engine speed, temperatures flight control positions, attitude of the aircraft air speed, different flight computers, and what they were sensing. that's the flight data recorder. the other one is the cockpit voice recorder and that's picking up...

Recorders, they're going to want to know what type of conversation was going on in the cockpit, were they just trying to navigate around the weather, was there a malfunction, we'll be able to hear the engine speed, whether it was constant whether it was trailing off. we'll be able to hear whether there was unlikely bird strike a smashed windshield. we'll be able to hear any alerts or alarms that went off in the cockpit, and we'll also be able to hear some of the weather in the form of hail -- >> possibly right. >> in the same way that it hits your car roof. because it's like metal on metal. an...

A lot about the so-called black box. there's two things. there's the flight data record enthen there's the audio recorder of the cockpit audio recorder. what are the first thing search and rescue and investigators are going to be looking at? >> once they find these recorders, they're going to want to know what type of conversation was going on in the cockpit, were they just trying to navigate around the weather? was there a malfunction? we'll be able to hear the engine speed, whether it was constant, whether it was trailing off. we'll be able to hear whether there was unlikely a bird strike, a...

That's the platform you see here on top of the ship. right now, the search area concentrated on some 75,000 square miles in the indian ocean. but time is running out to find the exact location. officials say the latest signals were weaker than pings detected over the weekend, suggesting the batteries in the black boxes are running out. buzz conroy has brought along a replica of a black box. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> you have the black box. which one? because there's two that they're looking for. which one of them do you have with you? >> i have a flight data recorder. this has a...