![]() So even though Flight Simulator is as well-known for its intricately detailed recreations of real-world maps as it is for its realistic plane controls and responses, it hasn't added the offending ship to the Suez Canal map. While Microsoft Flight Simulator is capable of updating weather and traffic conditions to match their real-world counterparts using assets that already exist in-game, adding a ship as large and complex as the Ever Given is a bit more time-consuming. Related: Microsoft Flight Simulator Will Feature Literally Every Airport on the Planet The cause of the incident is still under investigation, but the situation overall has lent itself admirably to memes and jokes internet-wide - it's already been adapted into a game, starring the bulldozer which was recorded trying to dig the massive ship out of its situation, looking absolutely dwarfed by the freighter next to it. At the time of this writing, it has been stuck for five days, impeding shipping in both directions through the canal, and costing the global supply chain upwards of $52 billion so far. Yet another example of art imitating life, and great for anyone who wants to get a more dynamic bird's eye view of the reason the world's global trade is effectively at a standstill.įor those who haven't been keeping track on current events, the Ever Given is a massive Golden-class container ship that, reportedly due to high winds, a sandstorm, and possible human error, became diagonally lodged across the Suez Canal, one of the busiest and most important shipping waterways in the world, on March 23. ![]() ![]() As if the company that owns the ill-fated container ship Ever Given isn't dealing with enough blowback as the punchline of basically every joke currently on the internet, a modder has added the stuck ship's likeness to Microsoft Flight Simulator, wedged into the game's rendition of the Suez Canal.
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