I know a lot about airplanes. Back in the day airplane control surfaces, like ailerons for rolling the wings, elevator for making the nose go up or down and rudder for making the nose go left or right, were connected to the ‘wheel’ called a yoke (or stick) that the pilot used to fly (control) the flight path of the airplane.
Nowadays, modern transport type aircraft (people haulers) are controlled by servos that make the control surfaces move. These use computers and electronics to translate the pilot’s input on the yoke to control the flight surfaces (ailerons, etc.) movement. How do you kill a modern jet? Possibly take control of the electronics and literally fly it into the ground.
Well that is nothing short of scary!