Q, there was a well-publicized incident that happened a decade or two ago, where a kid (I think he was about 12) got on a plane in the US (LA, I think) with a ticket to Oakland and was misdirected by the airline agent, who misunderstood his pronunciation, and ended up in Auckland, NZ.
The boy realized something was wrong when he was still in the air after about 4 or 5 hours.