Jermaine Lindsay , one of the four terrorists involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings , may have used flight simulators to practice flying an airliner , with an accusation that he was registered with a virtual airline . A person of the same name listed his nearest major airport as Heathrow and clocked up 30 hours in two months with SimAirline.net . The website later denied the member 's linking with the bombing , and indicated it was working with the Metropolitan Police to establish whether its former member was the bomber . The website stated that it provides information about airlines and free add-on software for Microsoft Flight Simulator and does not provide flight instruction to its members . <!-- --> The 9/11 Commission in the US concluded in 2004 that those responsible for flying the planes into World Trade Center and The Pentagon had used PC-based flight simulators for training . Despite the initial concerns of the involvement of virtual airlines in these terrorist activities , largely little has come from these claims to date and no changes have been noted as occurring in their operation as a result
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
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