Man vs. Machine
I’m reading a novel about a war between China and the US. It posits that China has developed an artificial intelligence that is engaging and disrupting many computer-controlled facets of US life (a premise I find compelling; witness the US control of Iranian centrifuges, etc.). In this particular situation in the novel, they have corrupted the flight control computers of a jet airplane (a business jet), perhaps via a regular software update, to be able to control the airplane. The plane is said to be totally “fly by wire” so that manual inputs to override the computer are not possible. The AI tells (compels) the plane where to fly and lan
Is that, technically, possible? Are there jets whose computer can override ANY manual control input? In this case, the heroes shut down the engines, thus killing all electrical, and as a result were able to manually glide/land the plane onto a runway. Irrespective of war and fiction, are there airplanes whose computers can (theoretically, and if in control) override any manual input?
Y'all are the experts; please advise.