Police probe flight simulator links

[emad]

Police probe flight simulator links
25 July 2005

Police are investigating whether one of the July 7 suicide bombers obsessively used flight simulators to practise flying passenger planes.

Germaine Lindsay is listed as a "pilot" with a web-based group of flying enthusiasts who operate virtual copies of genuine airline schedules.

Most members of the club use Microsoft Flight Simulator, a realistic PC-based program that is also thought to have been used for training by the September 11 attackers.

A pilot roster for SimAirline.net, discovered by the Press Association, indicates that a "Jermaine Lindsay" joined the group in December 2003.

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/PA_NEWA13205651122284641A000?source=PA%20Feed

[Ezlivin]

1. Microsoft - "Where do you want to go today?"

That puts a whole new meaning to that particular advertising phrase, doesn't it?

[Enraged_Ape]

2. This better not be a pretext to banning flight simulator programs

They'll take my Microsoft Flight Simulator when they pry my joystick out of my cold, dead hands.

[jojo54]

3. I would love to play/buy that program.

Guess I'd better do it fast before it's banned and they start harrasssing everyone who's bought a copy.

[Old and In the Way]

4. So, does that make any MSFS enthusiasts, terrorists?

What a dumb report. I'll bet Germaine may have enjoyed soccer and pints at the pub, too.