Ever had that fear of falling asleep after take-off and waking
up to realize you are on the wrong flight? Well, due to an
airline mix-up, Sandy Valdivieso and her husband Triet Vo had
exactly that nightmare experience.  According to the Los Angeles
Times, the couple wanted to fly from Los Angeles to the African
city of Dakar, Senegal, but ended up on a flight to Dhaka,
Bangladesh, which is 6,900 miles away and on a completely
different continent.  The two travelers, flying on Turkish
Airlines, had a layover in Istanbul before making their
connecting flight to what they thought would be Dakar. After
boarding their flight, they quickly fell asleep and several
hours later woke up to see the inflight map showing the plane
over the Middle East, headed the completely wrong direction.
The mix-up was the result of an airline employee, who had
accidentally entered the wrong three-letter airport code into
airline’s booking system. The code for Dakar is DKR, while Dhaka
is DAC, a relatively simple mistake considering t