The crash into the swampland near Miami International Airport left more than 100 people dead.
The pilots engaged the autopilot so they could inspect the light and the landing gear but the darkness apparently made it hard to see.
The U.S. Coast Guard had been quickly notified by the tower at MIA and had helicopters airborne almost immediately from their station in Opa-locka. The investigation into the crash took months. In a June 1973 report NTSB investigators said it was possible that the altitude hold function on the autopilot was accidentally disengaged, causing the plane to gradually descend from the 2,000-foot altitude.
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