Microsoft Corp plans to delay the launch of a new version of its Flight Simulator because of speculation that terrorists used the game before attacking the World Trade Center in New York, company officials said yesterday.
Microsoft has delayed the rollout of the 2002 version of the game because it "did not seem to be an appropriate time to launch such a product," a company statement said.
The computer games allow players to fly airplanes over New York City and other places in the US.
There has been speculation, but no proof, that terrorists used the popular programs prior to hijacking four passenger jets and crashing two of them into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and another into a grassy filed near Pittsburgh.
Microsoft Singapore spokeswoman Charlene Chien confirmed the statement and said the company was delaying the launch just "to be very safe."
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