STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Norwegian Shipowners Association official: "All men are on deck to continue the search"
- Australian satellites have spotted a field of debris floating in the Indian Ocean
- First, searchers must find the debris and mark the spot
- Second, they must see the debris to determine if it is from Flight 370
(CNN) -- What if this is it?
After more than 12 days of searching amid fears that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may never be found, investigators said Thursday that satellites have beamed down a ray of hope -- images of a debris field floating in the southern Indian Ocean that may show wreckage of the jet.
It was not immediately clear just how long it would take before investigators could track down just what those images are.
Still, "It is probably the best lead we have right now," said John Young, a spokesman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
