I find Kumiko Tsuchida's story hard to believe, but it seems it really happened since it was apparently reported in The Times in June 1997.
In fact, I also had a misunderstanding in one of my many travelling experiences. Once I took a flight to Dusseldorf airport where I had to take a train to travel further. What I did not notice was that in Dusseldorf there were 2 different aireports and I landed in the wrong one!