But as to crashes, did you know all modern fighter jets are controlled by what’s called a fly-by-wire system? Effectively, they are controlled by computers. Pilots have the final say on where the jet goes, but computers keep the jet steady and execute the commands of the pilot.

The Space Shuttle is also computer controlled. By rather old computers as well.

Of course, I need not mention drone UAVs like the Predator that are computer controlled.

You can’t really extend your experience with your desktop computer to other kinds of hardware that are computer controlled. Desktop computers are expected to cope with operating on a wider variety of hardware configurations and with a huge variety of programs. Something like a driverless car only to control a very specific set of hardware and doesn’t have to deal with other software at all.